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 Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The massive 2020 U.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff After seeking a more moderate tone in recent debates rather than promoting former President Donald Trump, state Rep.

Halloween is a busy time of the year for families, with children anxiously grabbing their costumes to collect candy with their family and friends.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Quilting has been a lifelong hobby for Lee Priest, and when it came time to reduce her fabric supply, she decided to put her talent  to work to serve others.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff After a stretch of weeks that have shed light on the financial turmoil at Northern Light Health and culminated in staffing turnover in its highest ranks, the Bangor Daily News sat down with the system’s chief financial officer, James Rohrbaugh, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Community Democrats continue to help those struggling with food insecurity.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A second agency is considering lowering its credit rating for Northern Light Health over its growing financial troubles.

BANGOR — The Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has granted over $740,000 in funding to support Penquis’ Substance Affected Youth Program for the next three years.

GUILFORD – A team of Valley Granger members led by Walter Boomsma is delivering nearly 250 dictionaries to local area schools during the next several weeks.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church Tuesday, Oct.

Imagine someone has taken a picture of your child without them knowing and posted it online.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has routinely led or nearly led the nation in voter turnout in recent elections, but it has work to do when it comes to registering teen voters.

Piscataquis Observer staff picked up a half dozen awards among the state’s smaller weekly publications division from the Maine Press Association in the 2024 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, announced on Oct.

By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News won the top honor of Maine’s best daily newspaper and reporter Sawyer Loftus was named the state’s journalist of the year at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday, Oct.

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff A leadership shakeup that saw three high-level executives leave their jobs at Northern Light Health last week is the latest example of how the hospital system is struggling to recover from the downward financial spiral it’s been in for the last few years.

Camden National Bank is proud to announce a significant donation of school supplies collected by employees and customers from all 57 banking centers to Ruth’s Reusable Resources, a local nonprofit dedicated to bridging the gap between business and education by transferring unwanted supplies to children and their teachers.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff All housekeeping and cafeteria positions at Northern Light Health are being outsourced to a third-party company, employees learned Tuesday.