By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — A Corinth man was fatally shot in a public Bangor park in 2024 because he allegedly owed another man $600, according to an affidavit released Feb.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters may decide this November whether to require an identification to cast a ballot.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Five people on Feb.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s attorney general is appealing a recent court decision that suspended a new law requiring gun buyers to wait three days before taking possession of the firearm.

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School students and staff participated in Winter Carnival activities during the week of Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A week after the opening of the Piscataquis Area Community Center at 48 Park St.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor As the nomination of Robert F.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 1975 Class B championship Foxcroft Academy basketball team star Kevin Nelson and head coach Skip Hanson joined author David Albee at the Center Theatre for a book launch on Feb.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine will have a new top federal prosecutor under President Donald Trump, after U.

PORTLAND — Continuing its mission of bringing joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributed more than $3 million over the course of 2024 to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations operating across the Northeast region, including nearly $267,000 in Maine.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It started out as a curiosity.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the January Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal judge on Feb.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting online informational sessions for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff GARLAND — Rescuers found an 85-year-old man who crashed into the woods in Garland on Wednesday, Feb.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2023 train derailment in rural Somerset County that spilled 500 gallons of diesel fuel was caused by excessive water that flowed through a beaver dam and washed out part of the track, state officials said Wednesday, Feb.

By Patty Wight, Maine Public The flu continues to surge in Maine, with cases nearly doubling over the past two weeks.