By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff When Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry noted in 2004 that he voted for military funding before he voted against it, then-President George W.

Update: Bruce Patten has been located and the Silver Alert has been canceled.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff To the northwest of Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, rises a wall of granite and spruce, a chain of mountains called The Brothers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Open auditions for the Center Theatre’s winter production of “A Miracle on 34th St.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Roughly 40,000 pounds of pet food and other supplies arrived in Hampden on Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is applying to the Maine Board of Emergency Medical Services to license Northern Light Mayo Hospital as a transporting service at the EMT level, permitted to provide care at the paramedic level on some calls, with a primary service area of Abbot, Athens, Atkinson, Barnard Twp, Blanchard Twp, Bowerbank, Bradford, Charleston, Corinna, Corinth, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Elliottsville Twp, Exeter, Garland, Guilford, Kingsbury Plantation, Monson, Parkman, Ripley, Sangerville, Sebec, and Willimantic.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — Crews battled a fire at a Charleston logging operation on Monday, Sept.

Election years have proven to be a popular time for scammers, with criminals attempting to contact people with voter registration scams, fake polls, or fraudulent donation requests.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A mosquito-borne disease has been found in three more Maine counties.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than 200 participants walked 3.

SANGERVILLE — Each year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District honors a volunteer that has helped us carry out our mission of building resilient, sustainable farms and forests through education, technical services, demonstration, and stewardship.

The Maine Community Foundation’s Guy P.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Mainers are evenly split on whether to change the state flag back to something similar to the original pine tree design, according to the first public poll on the November referendum.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Library vibes can change faster than Maine’s weather.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff The heating aid program that helps many Mainers heat their homes opened up in July, but it is expected to run out before winter’s end.

AUGUSTA — Gov.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Staffing shortages are plaguing two essential public safety departments in Penobscot County.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine home sales rose in August despite buyers encountering fewer properties on the market.