By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is taking a step forward in its controversial years-long effort to build a new jail by seeking to buy land for the project.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS 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.

A couple who moved to Maine from North Carolina last year will take their new mobile coffee shop to farmers markets and events around the state this spring.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Chris Parent caught his winning togue on the first day of the three-day Moosehead Lake Fishing Derby.

Northern Light Health put its patient records system back online Monday after disconnecting it Saturday when it learned that servers were compromised.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The Internal Revenue Service has extended deadlines for people in 10 Maine counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that started on Dec.

BANGOR — The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, recently donated $20,000 to Penquis as part of the foundation’s commitment to giving back to the community.

Northern Light CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals announce new walk-in access for non-urgent illnesses and injuries at the Northern Light Primary Care practices in Dover-Foxcroft, Greenville, and Sangerville.

“That’s a lot of years,” Basil Clements said when he received his certificate from Maine State Grange Communications Director Walter Boomsma in a “sort of” Grange Meeting held at Emilio Estates in Corinth.

By WGME Northern Light Health took its patient records system offline after it discovered its servers were compromised on Saturday afternoon, Feb.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will discuss “Fire as a Forestry Management Tool” during a webinar on Wednesday, Feb.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff In a draft decision document, staff of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission has recommended that the commission on Feb.

GREENVILLE — On Saturday, Feb.

UScellular invested more than $19 million in its Maine network in 2023.

GUILFORD — Stephanie Hewitt of Guilford has been awarded as a ME/NH/MASS Aflac Agent of Care.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff With the quality and thickness of ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds being unreliable this year, it’s a good idea to be prepared for the worst when you go ice fishing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The third annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff Property values declined last year in many rural Maine towns and some surprising ones, including Cape Elizabeth and Carrabassett Valley, according to housing data from Zillow.