If you’re lucky enough to witness Maine’s first total solar eclipse since the 1960s on April 8, you’ll need special glasses to protect your eyes from the sun.

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public Amid the bleak reports about a precipitous loss in numbers and types of birds around North America and the rest of the world is a glimmer of hope in Maine’s North Woods.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School LOCURA DE MARZO WINNER — Teegan Day was the overall winner for Dexter Regional High School of the “Locura de marzo 2024” competition in the Spanish classes.

Excitement is building in the Maine Highlands Region for one of the most rare and spectacular sights that nature has to offer.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Two credit rating agencies lowered their scores for Bangor’s largest health care system last week due to its substantial financial losses in recent years.

Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, Portland Sea Dogs, and Wicked Whoopies achieved the longest line of whoopie pies on June 9, 2023 in Portland.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Baxter State Park is among 15 state and national parks that should be on your bucket list.

PITTSFIELD – Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union  is proud to announce its continued support for the Maine Credit Union League’s Campaign for Ending Hunger.

By Troy Bennett, Bangor Daily News Staff Amid a dearth of official, tourist-related promotion or planning, an ad hoc group of Greenville friends and business owners is working to welcome the throng of celestial sky-watchers expected to descend on their village next month for the solar eclipse.

Grade eight, high honors: Lexi Bjornson-Burgess, Harloe Boulier, Effie Brochu, Ava Dunton, Nolan Guthrie, Jaedon Haack, Ryleigh Herbest, Charles Johnston, Alicen Kane, Kendall Killam; honors: Henry Day, Sophia Day, Zoey Eakright, Mason Hachey, Ella Hutchinson, Annabelle Turgeon.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff While Mainers pull the final elements together for total solar eclipse festivities next month, for some folks, this is not their first go-round with such a rare celestial event.

By Ron Chase Six of us awoke early in the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond Campground on the second day of our recent winter expedition into Baxter State Park with the goal of climbing North Traveler Mountain.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine judge who failed field sobriety tests with a blood alcohol content nearly double the legal limit was acquitted of operating under the influence after a jury trial.

By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff State evaluators failed to carefully review bids by two local organizations competing against an out-of-state company for a massive contract to arrange transportation for Medicaid patients who have no other ride to medical appointments, the nonprofits’ attorneys argued before an appeal panel last week.

Bill Jarvis has no idea how many visitors will descend on Jackman, the western Maine town of fewer than 800 people, for the total solar eclipse.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill awaiting the governor’s signature will require two of the state’s departments that deal with fisheries to be responsible for a plan to keep invasive species from taking over waters important to native fish.

Grade 8, high honors: Raelynn Anderson, Adam Brown, Ava Brown, Kaitlyn Cookson, Callie Cox, Keegan Cromwell, Hannah Derosier, Aubrey Ladd, Allaynah Rolfe, Sherisa Williams, Lily Wintle; honors: Jackson Clark, Jerimiah Cobb.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff After more than 30 years traveling throughout the U.