Teens to Trails is thrilled to announce that 21 schools across Maine have been awarded $600 grants to establish or enhance their outdoor clubs, providing students with transformative opportunities to connect with nature.

GUILFORD — A childhood sports goal has been realized for Piscataquis Community School senior Brady Gaw.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s most rural county is set to see the most homes sold per capita in the state for the third straight year.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff As temperatures continue to drop, Mainers are reminded that winter is on the way, bringing with it all the beauty and challenges of the season.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Forecasters with the National Weather Service say conditions are right for Maine’s drought to last through the winter.

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By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff As Arend Thibodeau toured the former Caswell Air Force Station during the summer of 2024, he had an epiphany.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A new University of New England program aims to train hundreds of health care professionals across rural Maine in opioid response strategies.

By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff Three of the five largest high schools in Aroostook County are exploring forming a singular regional high school for central Aroostook.

MILO — Milo Elementary will be joining schools across the state in the new year in a friendly competition designed to help turn winter into a season of movement, learning and community spirit.

DEXTER — Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union recently donated nearly 800 pounds of non-perishable food to six local backpack programs serving students in the communities surrounding its branch locations.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An Orneville man allegedly assaulted two women in late October.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Program grant cuts to 12 organizations in the proposed 2026 Piscataquis County budget have been restored by the Piscataquis County Commissioners, some partially and some in full compared to the current year.

CAMBRIDGE — A Cambridge man was found dead inside his home after a fire on Monday evening.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Maine hunters have pushed the state’s deer harvest to a new all-time high, and deer season is still ongoing.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Dawn DeNicola of Newport won this year’s Maine Women Hunters big buck contest after tagging a 213-pound deer, the heaviest entered among the 89 hunters who joined the annual competition.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor Linda Cousins had already picked her Medicare plan when she qualified last year, but then she received a call from a woman claiming to be from the insurance company.

Piscataquis Hometown Holidays is an event families eagerly anticipate each year.