By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new bill before the Legislature would ban floating camps and other nonwater-dependent structures from Maine’s inland or coastal waters.

GUILFORD — For the two and half months prior to April vacation, Piscataquis Community Elementary School families read E.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Democratic bill would go around an opinion from Maine’s high court to implement ranked-choice voting for general elections for governor and the Legislature just in time for next year’s race to replace Gov.

GUILFORD — When water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet, where exactly does it go and what happens to the liquid? Piscataquis Community Elementary School fifth-graders have been learning about wastewater and the students got to see firsthand with an April 17 field trip to the Guilford Sangerville Utilities District treatment center off Route 15.

ORONO — In 2024, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab processed 4,776 tick submissions including samples from 398 towns, representing all of Maine’s 16 counties.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

WATERVILLE — Sangerville native Brooke Blockler was among a group of Thomas College students who won top awards at this year’s Society for the Advancement of Management International Business Conference held last month in Tallahassee, Florida.

PORTLAND — AARP Maine is seeking nominations for its 2025 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors individuals 50 and over who share their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of others in their community.

Applications are currently being accepted for the Maine Community Foundation’s Patriot Education Scholarship Fund.

Private ponds that are stocked with trout provide multiple benefits for landowners and their families.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health lost $156 million in 2024, according to its annual report released April 15.

BREWER — Northern Light Health is excited to release our 2024 annual report.

BANGOR — The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, has awarded Penquis a $20,000 grant to support its commitment to strengthening communities.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 29th Annual Variety Show to support Pine Tree Hospice goes on stage at the Center Theater in Dover-Foxcroft at 1 p.

GUILFORD — Weather in Maine can vary with severe conditions possible.

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 School Board approved a proposed $9,752,463 budget for the 2025-26 academic year during an April 8 meeting at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal appeals court has denied Maine’s request to stay an injunction against enforcing a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases.

AUGUSTA — With winter weather expected to create hazardous travel conditions later today, April 8 in northern and western Maine, Gov.