By Nina Mahaleris, Penobscot Times Staff More than 700 acres of Wabanaki Territory in Piscataquis County have been returned to the Penobscot Nation through a land stewardship agreement, the tribe said in a joint statement with the Elliotsville Foundation Friday afternoon.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness has announced the hire of new executive director Britney Gallagher of Dover-Foxcroft.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Donald Trump Jr.

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s spike in COVID-19 cases is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, the state’s top public health official said Thursday as the state recorded the second day in a row of record-setting numbers of new cases that have followed weeks of increasing virus cases.

On Tuesday, Nov.

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By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Loren Coleman has spent most of his career chasing down both fact and fiction when it comes to the strange, unidentified creatures that may or may not wander the world.

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By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff If there’s one thing that deer ticks don’t like, it’s dry weather, and this year, Maine has had plenty of it.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A number of events are planned leading up to and on the holiday as part of the annual Dover-Foxcroft Halloween BooNanza.

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The coronavirus is again spiking in Maine as it did at the height of the pandemic in the spring, breaking a one-day record with 87 new cases on Wednesday and raising increasing alarm among state officials.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff After the largest single-day spike of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Gov.

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff Piscataquis, Sagadahoc and Somerset counties have been declared primary natural disaster areas by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue due to the ongoing drought.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Gabe Feero began his hunting season bright and early on Saturday morning, heading into the woods of Medway with his dad, Wayne Feero.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a character-based argument for his campaign in Bangor on Tuesday in the last week of a spirited campaign with President Donald Trump in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County residents are eligible to vote in the annual Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors election.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft did not need to look far to find a police chief, with the Board of Selectmen removing the acting from Matt Grant’s title during an Oct.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Donald Trump Jr.