BELFAST — Economic & Community Development Commissioner Heather Johnson recently joined community leaders in Belfast to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant Program.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff For 98 minutes, about 1,600 school kids, from Millinocket to Fort Fairfield, will be transported into the sometimes terrifying tale of the boy who survived alone in the harshest of Maine landscapes.

By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The matchup between U.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff In what may be a first, a Mainer has been named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest living Americans.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The long-discussed effort to change Maine’s state flag is heading toward defeat, according to a surprising poll released Friday that carried other lessons ahead of the Nov.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff A new poll released the Friday before the Nov.

AUGUSTA — Efficiency Maine’s success accelerating the electrification of home heating was honored today with the prestigious “Leader of the Pack” award from The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

By David Sharp, The Associated Press Most Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week in 1939 after climbing the state’s tallest mountain.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is pleased to announce its choice for the 2024 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award, Jack Clukey of Dover-Foxcroft.

GUILFORD — Fidium Fiber has expanded its symmetrical, multi-gig speed internet service to Guilford making its future-proof fiber network available to more than 800 homes and businesses.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A preliminary concept design for downtown Dover-Foxcroft transportation improvements for the Villages Partnership Initiative Project has been completed by Gorrill Palmer with input from the Maine Department of Transportation.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff A partially defunct ski area in northern Maine was listed for sale Monday for $27 million after a developer’s big plans for it fell through over the summer.

BROWNVILLE — Grade 3 students at the Brownville Elementary School now have thousands of words and accompanying definitions at their fingertips, along with other assorted facts.

By CBS 13 The movie based on Donn Fendler’s classic survival memoir “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” will finally hit theaters this Friday.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital will hold a free certified nursing assistant training program in Greenville for people who would like to pursue a rewarding career in healthcare.

By Jules Walkup, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s election season, which means it’s almost impossible to go anywhere without seeing political campaign signs in people’s yards or along the sides of roads.

By Chris Bouchard, St.