By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff As total solar eclipse fever heightens and chasers get ready to view a cosmic rarity, eye safety precautions can get pushed aside for more glamorous plans.

Grade 12, highest honors: Elizabeth Bernard Whittaker, Lily Brown, Cally Gudroe, William Spratt; high honors: Shelby Dyson, Lillian Harris, Brianna Packard, Kaleb Ranquist, Gabrielle Shorey-Coy, Mckenzie Trafton; honors: Zakary Adams, Lily Bagley, Maddison Cole, Micheal Cox, Lillianna Davis, Hannah Dean, Macey Deering, Mickayla Fogg, Cian Galligan, Blaine Gould, Miles Grant, Holdyn Guenther, Tayler Howell-Hanson, Mimi Kennedy, Aiden Langlais, Lucrecia Lazon Babeton, Russell Long, Acadia Markham, Nicholas Palmer, Mazie Peach, Kellen Peavey, Jacob Ponte, Graci Scott, Garrett Tibbetts, Tammy Valcourt.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s not your imagination.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is uniquely situated for a front-row seat to a rare astronomical phenomenon.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Bangor’s largest health care system saw significantly lower financial losses in 2023 but was still in the red, as hospitals nationwide worked to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is excited to release our 2023 Annual Report.

GARLAND — Six candidates addressed the Garland Republican caucus on Sunday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff EXETER — A barn on Brown Road in Exeter burned flat Saturday, Feb.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff More than 9,800 marijuana plants were seized by police across Maine in less than a week.

At an event held on Feb.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Federal teams are on the ground to get aid to homeowners, renters and small businesses after storms that battered Maine in December and January with other programs likely coming from the state to fill gaps.

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In a celestial spectacle set to captivate Maine communities, the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, promises an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon that won’t occur again in the U.

DEXTER — Before last year Dexter and other Maine communities had been able to keep net proceeds from sales of tax-acquired properties that exceeded the amount of taxes owed by the property owner.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is taking a step forward in its controversial years-long effort to build a new jail by seeking to buy land for the project.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the January Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

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Northern Light Health put its patient records system back online Monday after disconnecting it Saturday when it learned that servers were compromised.