GUILFORD — For the second time a $9,531,320 SAD 4 budget for the 2025-26 academic year was voted down at the polls.

WESTBROOK – Maine Credit Unions have released a powerful new video to warn Mainers — especially older adults — about the alarming rise in fraud.

By Peter McGuire, Maine Public Some trees in Maine are already losing their leaves, weeks ahead of peak fall foliage season.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health has closed its walk-in care clinic in Bangor and is reducing its staff by 3 percent, the organization announced Sept.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff After finding out that Northern Light may cut ties with her health insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Eliza Watson isn’t sure if she’ll be able to stay with the doctors that have been with her through eight months of cancer treatment.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Operations at the Piscataquis County Jail were not dangerous and there was not a crisis when the state briefly ceased operations and threatened to close the facility, the sheriff said on Sept.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police in Maine must be sure someone has waived their constitutional rights to a lawyer before continuing to question them, the state’s highest court ruled.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is pleased to announce it has received a $2,000  grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support its 2025 Fall Foliage Tour.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several days before the first meeting of the budget committee on Thursday Sept.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A monthslong, public dispute between one of Maine’s largest health care providers and one of the country’s largest insurance companies has left tens of thousands of patients in limbo as a Sept.

PORTLAND — September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross of Northern New England urges everyone to protect their loved ones by getting their households ready now.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded two SAD 4-area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500 each for the 2025-26 school year.

The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC on Monday, Oct.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Jane, a pseudonym The Maine Monitor is using to protect her identity, was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances.

GUILFORD — For the second time in several months, a proposed $9,531,320 SAD 4 budget for the 2025-26 academic year is being brought to a referendum vote in the six district communities.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health announced Tuesday that it is seeking to enter mediation with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest insurer.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health has reached a deal with a Maine-based insurer to lower costs for policyholders.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of felony cases pending in Penobscot County has more than doubled compared with five years ago as courts struggle to keep up with the growing number of cases.