By Kim Brawn There is something daunting about the pressure of a new year.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The major snowmobile trail that connects Jay, Wilton and Farmington likely will not be fixed for this season of sledding, according to the head of the Maine Snowmobile Association.

AUGUSTA – The Maine District Office of the U.

PORTLAND — A new 2023 AARP Fraud Watch Network report is highlighting the ways criminals target consumers during the holiday season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It has been several years since the Center Theatre and the Slightly Off-Center Players put on a production of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” but it has been well worth the wait.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The Maine Recovery Council on Dec.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The weekend workshop, facilitated by Lesley Fernow, “The Work That Reconnects: Understanding our Past, Evolving our Strengths, and Developing Resolve in a Difficult World,” will be held at Central Hall Commons Jan.

Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy FESTIVAL OF STOCKINGS DONATION — Because of the tremendous support from area businesses, organizations, and community members this past weekend, the Foxcroft Academy Key Club had 57 stockings for their third annual Festival of Stockings.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this fall the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board began the process to rectify a pair of deteriorating properties at 70 Union Street and 130 Pleasant Street.

CAMDEN — Camden National Bank is pleased to announce two promotions to retail senior leadership positions.

BANGOR – After a week of intense weather across Maine, U.

Grade eight, high honors: Lexi Bjornson-Burgess, Harloe Boulier, Effie Brochu, Sophia Day, Ava Dunton, Jaedon Haack, Ryleigh Herbest, Charles Johnston, Alicen Kane, Kendall Killam; honors: Jack Gallagher, Mason Hachey, Miles Luellen, Keeten Maioriello, Annabelle Turgeon.

There is little published research about Maine’s canids (red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes).

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In November, Northern Light Mayo Hospital distributed 1,000 pounds of carrots, squash, apples, plums, kale, and other fruits and vegetables at its very first produce pop-up market.

Grade 12, high honors: Ashton Russell Ade, Bao Ngoc Gia Bach, Gage Beaudry, Huyen Khai Khloe Bui, Noah Linwood Cavanagh, Cassandra Rose Crockett, Olivia Phyllis Gage, Shane Gallo, Hilary Elizabeth Howard, Niksa Jasovic, Ella Rose Glennon Kazmierczak, Aleksander Action Krause, Ming Fou Lao, Richard Liu, Kemsley Marsters, Kailey Elizabeth McLaughlin, Hunter Daniel Monahan, Danea Obratov, Samantha Paige Ossenfort, Aubry Paradis, Zachary Lee Peirce, Anh Phuong Pham, Wyatt Ellis Rayfield, Dominic Alexander Redmond, Gabriel Soren Saunders, Owen E.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The ground may be covered in several inches of snow, but disease-carrying ticks are still active, the Maine CDC announced on Dec.

Piscataquis County commissioners decided Tuesday to cut $20,000 from the county’s largest funded nonprofit and override some of the budget committee’s decisions regarding two county departments.