By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Large-scale power outages are becoming more common across the country and in Maine as extreme weather, stoked by a warming climate, knocks out electricity to wider swaths of people.

School Administrative District 41 in Milo has switched to remote learning following a rise in COVID-19 cases just weeks into the new school year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Regional Food Center and Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine announce the launch of the Community-Driven Strategies to End Hunger initiative in Piscataquis County.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Stephen Buckley, who installs solar panels for Synergy Solar, is the type of unconventional worker the state of Maine is targeting to fill its workforce gap.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Three dozen Republicans running for the Maine House of Representatives in November issued a statement Monday refusing to answer questions for a Bangor Daily News voter guide, accusing the newspaper of a “far-left” agenda.

During his tenure, Wilhelm Friess, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, has seen a pattern of talented first-generation, low-income engineering students leaving the program — or dropping out of college altogether.

BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce its new podcast series, “Maine Boost.

By David Marino Jr.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to appoint  Leesah Patt as its new Disadvantaged Business Services specialist.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff One of the two Maine officeholders whose names were on leaked membership rolls of a far-right group tied to the Capitol riots of Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The chair of Piscataquis County’s commissioners on Tuesday questioned why the county did more than $11,000 in COVID-19 testing at the jail months ago.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to appoint Madeline Bradfield to the newly created role of director of youth services.

PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH — Adult learners returning to school may be eligible for scholarships from the Maine Community Foundation.

BROWNVILLE — If you’ve driven through Brownville recently, you must have seen the covered signs at the ends of each of the town’s three bridges.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff At the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick, 70 miles east of the Maine border, there’s been a flurry of change recently, and it’s been aggressively expanded to handle more vessels looking to deliver shipments to the East Coast.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff As more freight trains travel across Maine between northern Washington County and northern Somerset County, rural towns along the route have had to balance their hopes for improving their local economies with logistical challenges presented by the increased rail traffic.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite extreme weather conditions around the state this summer, it looks like there will be plenty of fall foliage color.

MSAD #41 has one or more schools that participate in Community Eligible Provision.