By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff Small-town fire departments in Maine have struggled for years to recruit volunteer firefighters and pay to maintain the equipment and buildings they need to respond to emergencies.

By Sawyer Loftus, Penobscot Times Staff It’s been 42 days since Casey Cross last saw her brother, 32-year-old Nick Cross, and she’s spent every one of them looking for him.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Federal and state health officials recommended on Tuesday that people in areas with higher COVID-19 transmission wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, a designation that includes York and Piscataquis counties.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Selectboard set a mill rate of $21.

Central Maine Power is proud to invest in building — and rebuilding — community and nonprofit facilities that support local arts, veterans, STEM education and economic development.

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Throughout June anglers of all abilities cast their lines for Fishing Across Maine, a fundraiser for Wayside Food Programs, to help end food insecurity across the state.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A Dexter man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at a police officer.

By Bob Duchesne I was surveying a block on the southeast side of First Roach Pond in Kokadjo, when I noticed a downy woodpecker clinging to a roadside tree, about 4 feet off the ground.

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HARMONY — In the heart of central Maine is a special place that has survived for 200 years along the banks of Higgins Stream in a tiny little town named Harmony.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is not seeing the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations that other states are despite a rise in cases over the past few weeks.

By David Marino Jr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A move up West Main Street has enabled Vision Care of Maine to expand into a larger space at 1012 West Main Street, next to Dollar Tree.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Existing home sales in Maine continued on a hot streak in June, especially in rural counties, mirroring strong sales nationally, according to data from state and national real estate groups.

SEBEC — The public is invited to attend Forestry Field Day honoring Jessica Leahy and Bob Seymour, the 2020 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year, at their property Wicopy Woods.