WASHINGTON, D.

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.

MILO — With the calendar having changed to a new year a month-plus ago, SAD 41 administrators are busy with budget preparations for the upcoming academic year.

MILO — The Milo Fire Department has located a vehicle that would replace a more than 40-year-old ladder truck.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford has begun.

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

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The Internal Revenue Service has extended deadlines for people in 10 Maine counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that started on Dec.

By WGME Northern Light Health took its patient records system offline after it discovered its servers were compromised on Saturday afternoon, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff With the quality and thickness of ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds being unreliable this year, it’s a good idea to be prepared for the worst when you go ice fishing.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff President Joe Biden has declared the wind storm that lashed Maine in December a major disaster.

This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.

BREWER — Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $469,623 to 25 conservation initiatives around the state.

Nonprofit organizations in Piscataquis County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The man who died in a Jan.

A chef known for the Native American cuisine he brings to a rural Maine brewery is among the semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 awards.

AUGUSTA — Maine communities have one week left to nominate a teacher for 2024 County Teacher of the Year and 2025 State Teacher of the Year.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff How the gas tax money the state gives to the ATV, snowmobiling and boating communities toward upkeep of trails and boat facilities is distributed is the same proportions as it was in 2001, even though participation in the three motor sports has changed.