By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Four people were arrested in Ellsworth last Thursday after nearly 4 pounds of fentanyl was recovered in a drug bust spanning Hancock and Somerset counties.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to appoint Madeline Bradfield to the newly created role of director of youth services.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff This week’s question comes to us from me, Emily Burnham, a lifelong Mainer and person with very strong opinions about pizza.

PORTLAND & ELLSWORTH — Adult learners returning to school may be eligible for scholarships from the Maine Community Foundation.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff At the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick, 70 miles east of the Maine border, there’s been a flurry of change recently, and it’s been aggressively expanded to handle more vessels looking to deliver shipments to the East Coast.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff As more freight trains travel across Maine between northern Washington County and northern Somerset County, rural towns along the route have had to balance their hopes for improving their local economies with logistical challenges presented by the increased rail traffic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre will be restarting its free after school program for high school students on Sept.

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GREENVILLE — Pilots from across Maine and the country are expected to attend the popular International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Many children do not have access to books in their homes or they cannot get to the library because their parents work.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County and state officials want to see a former woolen mill and tannery redeveloped to tackle Maine’s lack of affordable housing.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite extreme weather conditions around the state this summer, it looks like there will be plenty of fall foliage color.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft man and new nonprofit are committed to providing critical aid to Ukraine as human suffering continues and the war grinds on in parts of the country.

By Sarah Sindo Katahdin needs no introduction.

MSAD #41 has one or more schools that participate in Community Eligible Provision.

The shift to outdoor learning during the pandemic has offered schools the opportunity to reimagine their classrooms and the lessons they teach.

School Year 2023 free and reduced-price meal benefit applications are available for families with students enrolled in SeDoMoCha Elementary & Middle School which is participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom THROWING SKILL – Amanda Ober of Dover-Foxcroft earned top honors in the 18-35 age division of the ladies skillet throw on Saturday morning as part of the 135th annual Piscataquis Valley Fair.