MILO — At the start of the year the town of Milo was awarded nearly $6.

GREENVILLE — Through a partnership between the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the nonprofit Moosehead Outdoor Alliance, mountain bikers have been able to traverse about a dozen miles of free-to-ride trails in the first of three planned zones in Greenville.

BANGOR — Dover-Foxcroft resident Ashley Buttice was recently named to Husson University Online’s president’s list.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Commission approved a $2 an hour raise for the county’s 911 dispatchers to retain and attract new employees for the county’s long understaffed dispatch center.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Campers in many state parks around Maine are going home early or not showing up for their reservations as the rain that left last month as one of the rainiest Junes in a quarter century stretched into the four-day July 4 holiday weekend.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine lawmakers have made some big deals while winding down their work for 2023, but a standoff over the state’s generous solar incentives remains unsolved.

GUILFORD — Seventeen members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association met June 27 at the Craft Cafe in Guilford.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A friend recently mentioned that he was stocking the pond at his farm in Newburgh.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite a challenging year for banks that saw interest rates rise and distrust grow after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Bangor Savings Bank netted nearly $42 million in income during the past fiscal year and will debut a new location and its first-ever credit card suite later this year.

DEXTER — Dexter Age Friendly has just distributed another 30 garden beds to area seniors.

MONSON — The Monson Historical Society and John Tatko of Sheldon Slate would like to invite the public to attend a tour of the slate production on Friday, July 14 at 1 p.

PORTLAND — The Mitchell Institute, a Maine-based nonprofit scholarship and research organization founded by Senator George J.

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By Lor Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff NORWAY  — A 1-megawatt solar farm that will provide electricity to 15 local businesses opened here on June 29, a day after lawmakers debated whether to scale back the incentives that led to it.

Ann Thomas and her family began the Gary “Gip” Thomas Scholarship Fund at Foxcroft Academy to honor her late husband.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Indira Gowell and her son Abel Tomazin live in Kingfield and spend a lot of time outdoors, skiing, riding mountain bikes, camping, hiking, swimming and paddling — and a little bit of running.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 12-year-old boy riding his bike in Dover-Foxcroft was struck by a motor vehicle Thursday night, June 29.

Heavy rainfall Thursday, June 29 led to significant flooding and road washouts in pockets of Maine.