HOLDEN — Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation and local Maine Masonic Lodges provide bicycles for students to win, simply by reading books.

A thriving arts community in a small Piscataquis County town has expanded with a gallery store, bringing even more exposure to area artists.

DEXTER — The Dexter Historical Society’s traveling Albert Lincoln Call/Henry David Thoreau photo exhibit is up in Dexter at Millworks at 16 Church Street.

AUGUSTA — As part of Central Maine Power’s ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiencies, we are excited to announce a new streamlined process that will eliminate wait times for customers and Maine licensed electricians requesting meter disconnects and reconnects to perform work on residential electric services.

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By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For the last month, guides, outfitters and hunters have been placing bait in preparation for the 2023 bear season.

GUILFORD — SAD 4/RSU 80 schools are participating in Special Provision II.

More than $298,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects across the state.

Grant will fund software and technology upgrades to support transportation services Penquis and Kennebec Valley Community Action Program are receiving $650,462 from the Maine Department of Transportation to improve transportation services across four counties.

Mary Bromiley AM: Harmony PM: Harmony Bus #47 Ed Conroy   AM: Bangor Road to Bryant Road, Range Road, Atkinson, East Dover Road, Vaughn Street, Webber Hardware, SeDoMoCha, Foxcroft Academy.

Dexter: BUS 3  ED LANGLAIS 6:50  MAIN ST 6:52 RIPLEY RD SKIMMER LANE 6:55 MCFARLAND TRAILER COMPLEX 6:57 RR AVE 7:00 CEDAR 7:10 WATER ST 7:12 LIBERTY/FAYE COURT 7:15 BROOKS TIRE LINE RD (pm) 7:20 AIRPORT RD     7:30 JENNINGS HILL RD   RV 7:40 ST.

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BROWNVILLE — The Brownville Junction High School Alumni held its annual meeting on Friday, Aug.

ORONO — About 13,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, glaciers that pushed arctic plant life across the northern hemisphere receded and left some behind on mountain tops in the Northeastern U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The last few weeks of summer vacation is a vulnerable time for children and families who experience food insecurity.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff There’s a long history in Maine of larger than life outdoorsmen and women, like Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby, a sportswriter who in 1897 became the first registered Maine guide; Albert “Jigger” Johnson, a colorful western Maine lumberjack; Wilmot “Wiggie” Robinson, a master Maine guide from the Katahdin region; and Bud Leavitt, longtime outdoors writer for the Bangor Daily News.

CAMDEN –  The Board of Directors of Camden National Corporation (NASDAQ: CAC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Camden National Bank (together, “Camden National” or the “Bank”), announced the appointment of Simon Griffiths, 50, as the successor to current President and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dufour, 63, effective Dec.