FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to announce the dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A longtime employee of the Bangor Daily News will take over as the newspaper’s president, chief operating officer and treasurer on Sept.

MILO — When classes resume later this month in SAD 41, the Marion C.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office allegedly seized more than a kilogram of illegal drugs, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, along with guns and cash, after searching two homes in Charleston.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners are asking that a proposed $25,000 agreement for fire and ambulance coverage with the Millinocket Fire Department in the nearby Piscataquis County Unorganized Territories be reconsidered.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A prescription for one inmate was used to provide medication to three people and inaccurate counts of medications that are controlled substances are among the errors at the Piscataquis County Jail, according to its recent failed inspection.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Two people were elected to the Dexter-area school board on Aug.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces its dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester.

WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is excited to offer our eighth annual chainsaw safety workshop! We will be working in collaboration with Sam Heffner and Jack Houtz to present a comprehensive chainsaw safety offering.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County must stop taking inmates at its jail and move boarded inmates to their original facilities after the jail failed an inspection last month.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor For the second time this summer, wildfire smoke from Canada has rolled into Maine, creating a gray haze that dulls the usual clarity of our summer skies and sends air quality readings into unhealthy territory.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Johnnie Walker, director of housing and shelter services at Partners for Peace, has worked at the domestic violence resource center for 25 years.

SANGERVILLE — Sangerville officials have set a $13.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Feb.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The order of referendums on the November 2025 statewide ballot has been announced.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Battered by the wind and soaked by the rain, she thought the end had come for her atop Katahdin.

The Maine Credit Union League is pleased to announce the hiring of Jared Gay as its new director of advocacy and compliance.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Association of REALTORS Foundation, the charitable arm of Maine Association of REALTORS, has awarded $210,000 through its 2025 Competitive Grant Program to 22 non-profit organizations to address a variety of housing needs of low-income individuals and households across Maine.