By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Anthem is calling Northern Light Health’s pledge to treat the insurer’s customers as in network a “recipe for patient confusion.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff Negotiations between Northern Light Health and Anthem continue, despite the deadline for reaching an agreement expiring early Saturday, Nov.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is recalling cannabis vapes because of unsafe pesticide levels.

The Maine Community Foundation announced a $250,000 donation and an effort to mobilize its large network of private donors to address the immediate, emergency need for food facing 170,000 Mainers as federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds lapse as of Saturday, Nov.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Friday is the last day for Northern Light Health to reach an agreement with Maine’s largest health insurer after the organizations extended their contract deadline by one month.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The Good Shepherd Food Bank and other food assistance programs will get a $1.

GUILFORD — For the fifth time in six months, SAD 4 residents will head to the polls to vote on a budget for the 2025-26 academic year.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers have two statewide referendums before them on the November ballot that would enshrine voter ID requirements and make big changes to absentee voting along with creating a “red flag” law.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health’s new leader is confident that he can help bring long-term sustainability to the struggling health system.

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News was named the state’s best daily newspaper for the second year in a row at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday in South Portland.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 fiscal year county budget and 2026-27 fiscal year Unorganized Territory budget at 6 p.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Food stamps won’t be issued in Maine, or any other state, starting next month.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In just three years since assuming full ownership of the grocery store in downtown Guilford, the former Goulette’s IGA and Whitney’s Market, Eli’s Market and owner Eli Dunfee have been chosen as the 2025 Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is thrilled to announce a record-breaking year for its 5th Annual Cycl-a-thon, held on Saturday, Oct.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Numerous rivers in eastern and northern Maine have dropped to record low levels this month or are approaching them as the driest conditions in the state in more than 20 years keep getting worse.

The Piscataquis Observer’s Stuart Hedstrom picked up a total of eight awards among the state’s smaller weekly publications division from the Maine Press Association in the 2025 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, announced on Oct.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff At least 36,000 Mainers will lose their Medicare Advantage plans in January as insurers cut offerings nationwide, according to new information collected by the state insurance bureau.

Cooperative Dexter-PCHS girls basketball team planned GUILFORD — Two days after a $9,501,135 2025-26 SAD 4 budget was voted down at the polls via a 327-297 count across the six district communities, the fourth time a proposed spending plan did not pass in the district, a revised budget was approved by the school board during an Oct.