Northern Light Health hospitals around the state are offering $3,000 to $15,000 sign-on bonuses to registered nurses in an effort to address Maine’s health care worker shortage.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff This spring, folks who enjoy journeying through the Maine woods on all-terrain vehicles will have to wait a bit longer.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Milo residents are being advised to boil their water.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County residents lacking internet can still have some financial assistance in connecting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts is hosting the second annual “Dani on Deck Fundraiser.

MILO — Even before the recent shootings in southern Maine, SAD 41 officials have discussed the possibility of adding a school resource officer for district schools.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A report on child welfare released by the Maine Children’s Alliance on April 25 found that the number of Maine children living in poverty decreased in 2021, but remains an issue in rural areas.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each month 440 households visit the Piscataquis Regional Food Center at 76 North Street, located in the former Agway building, to supplement their groceries.

AUGUSTA — Fourteen Maine counties and 73 communities will benefit from $20 million in grant funding from the Maine Connectivity Authority as part of its Reach Me Line Extension Program that will expand reliable, fast and affordable internet.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine home sales remained lower than a year ago as buyers continued to face increasing mortgage rates and a low for-sale inventory.

WINSLOW – Game Warden Pilot Jeff Spencer of Eagle Lake was honored as the Maine Game Warden of the Year by his peers at the annual awards banquet at the Winslow VFW Hall on April 21.

In what may be the most visible indicator of how far we have come in the response and management of COVID-19, Northern Light Health is ending the universal masking policy statewide.

Northern Light Health is committed to being a sustainable organization that aims to reduce our contribution to climate change.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two corrections officers at the Piscataquis County Jail received recognition Tuesday for saving the life of an inmate who had overdosed on opioids.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners decided Tuesday to shift millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief money from an emergency radio overhaul to HVAC system upgrades at the jail.

Grand opening/ribbon cutting on Thursday MILO — On April 13 GreenLife, a new recreational cannabis dispensary located at 19 Park Street, opened its doors.

Maine’s third attempt at a rural regional high school is in jeopardy if the four districts involved cannot get state help to pay for an engineering study.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes Children had the opportunity to hunt for 500 eggs on Saturday, April 8 at the Milo American Legion Auxiliary Easter Egg Hunt.