By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff While the number of homes for sale in Maine is growing, real estate agents from across the state aren’t seeing that trend extend to rustic waterfront camps.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — While property owners in the Unorganized Territory await their tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Piscataquis County officials are doing likewise.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff New rates for Central Maine Power and Versant Power customers went into effect July 1.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health’s warning of coming changes without providing details is creating a mood of uncertainty about its future, an expert said.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health is warning of coming changes at the health care system — but says no hospitals will be closed.

DEXTER — Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union announces a gift of $25,000 to the Heart of Maine Resource Center in Dexter.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital and the Town of  Dover-Foxcroft have announced a collaboration on emergency medical services coverage to strengthen the EMS network in Dover-Foxcroft and Piscataquis and Western Penobscot counties.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff An Exeter man accused of assisting in the homicide of a man last year was granted a bail $99,000 lower than originally set because of a severe medical condition.

By Annie Bupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A year after Bangor Savings Bank saw residential mortgage loans plummet by more than 40 percent, the bank is reporting that these loans are back up by 17 percent, according to its annual report released June 24.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank is pleased to announce the seven high school senior recipients of the 2025 Skowhegan Savings College Scholarship awards: Aya Abdulmohsin, Cony High School; Jorja Brown, Skowhegan Area High School; Chase Farnsworth, Dexter Regional High School; Elijah Hoeft, Mt.

DEXTER —  After a pair of Dexter representatives to the SAD 46 School Board were recalled, the town has started the process to fill the two vacancies.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Front, from left, Baylee Packard, Bayleigh Wiggins, Laney Scott and Peyton Dodge.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The home addresses of Maine lawmakers are no longer listed on the Legislature’s website after a gunman killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and wounded another and his wife over the weekend.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education is pleased to recognize its nine student interns, working across a variety of Maine DOE offices and teams in the spring and summer.

PORTLAND – The John T.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law on June 10.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE YEAR — At Senior Assembly at Dexter Regional High School, Students of the Year were awarded.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Garland woman has been arrested in the death of a 78-year-old in Hartland in April.