BANGOR — Christmas is for Kids brings the holiday spirit to life for local children and families in need through the charitable act of gift-giving.

On Nov.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine home sales decreased for the fourth consecutive month in October, following a downward trend that has been driven by a continued increase in costs throughout the state.

MONSON — Monson’s Kris Kringle’s Market will take place from 9 a.

Partners for Peace, the domestic violence resource center for Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, is calling on the community to help the survivors and children in their Residential Program have a safe, happy winter, and holiday season.

By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News Staff What’s in a name? Quite a lot, according to New Hope For Women, the midcoast domestic violence project that was founded 40 years ago.

MONSON — The Monson Kris Kringle’s Market Committee is sponsoring a Gingerbread House Competition on Saturday, Dec.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Fat, red maple leaves littered the trail, a crimson carpet threaded with tree roots.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Most Central Maine Power Co.

BREWER — The Maine CDC announced on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The consulting group hired to study the communications needs for the county’s emergency responders presented its findings to the Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Need help providing for your family this Christmas? If your family lives in one of the towns served by RSU 68 (Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, and Sebec) and your family needs assistance in providing warm winter clothing and a gift for each of your children (ages infant to 18), the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft and the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church may be able to help.

GUILFORD — A team of Valley Grange members led by Walter Boomsma is delivering over 200 dictionaries to local area schools during the next two weeks.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Whether lined up in pickup trucks outside the school, billowing in the wind, or attached to the music stands of marching band members as they performed the national anthem, American flags were proudly on display at Foxcroft Academy — in big ways and small — as students honored veterans this week.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s new U.

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Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it is launching a new fundraising initiative just in time for the holidays.

BREWER — Ensuring you always have access to your COVID-19 vaccination information just got easier.