BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation, in collaboration with Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development is announcing a commitment of $424,000 in grants to support 15 Maine businesses that were founded after Jan.

ABBOT — The town of Abbot and Abbot Historical Society are holding the first annual Christmas Tree Lighting event on Friday, Dec.

AARP Foundation is currently recruiting passionate people throughout Maine to join its Tax-Aide volunteer team for the 2024 tax season.

GREENVILLE — Friends of Wilson Ponds Area, Inc.

By Kaitlyn Budion, Maine Public Maine’s outdoor economy grew by more than 16 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to the U.

The Finance Authority of Maine presented Camden National Bank with the “Lender at Work for Maine” award at its 40th Anniversary Celebration.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Thomaston man was arrested Thursday, Nov.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will consider rolling back strict new rules requiring Mainers to disconnect fossil fuel-burning furnaces and boilers to claim the largest heat pump incentives.

By WGME A Maine man who allegedly assaulted an officer in Waterville and then drove off in a stolen vehicle has been arrested in Greenville.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine law that prohibits making certain types of threatening statements is likely unconstitutional following a U.

DOVER–FOXCROFT — After opting to table a decision on a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford, the Piscataquis County Commissioners opted to go with the low bid of three during a meeting on Nov.

Piscataquis County’s two hospitals will once again hold community holiday tree lightings to honor and remember friends, family members, and caregivers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Foxcroft Academy International Club students are holding an Italian dinner to raise money for a planned trip to Madrid, Spain, next April.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Bear Hill Road home belonging to a Dover-Foxcroft police officer and family was destroyed by a fire on Sunday, Nov.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times BANGOR — A former Bangor man was sentenced in U.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry announced that Gov.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, in collaboration with longtime conservation partner the Appalachian Mountain Club, celebrated the removal of one of the final remaining fish passage barriers on the West Branch of the Pleasant River, allowing species like the federally endangered Atlantic salmon and brook trout to swim freely upstream to spawn once again.

To help make the holiday season brighter for food insecure residents across the state, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is bringing back its Holiday Meals for Mainers initiative.