By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor region’s largest health care system will turn to a national company to manage most behind-the-scenes administrative functions, in one of Northern Light Health’s latest money-saving moves to bounce back from the financial toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GREENVILLE — Five adjacent lots on East Road, just after Stagecoach Road near the Greenville Municipal Airport, can be rezoned from the rural district into the rural development 2 district, following a special town meeting vote on Jan.

A juvenile driver fled after crashing a Jeep into a house in Abbot on Wednesday afternoon.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital welcomed a special delivery on Tuesday, Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — New Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative Director Dr.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff The new year will bring savings for Mainers who want to switch to clean energy under the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress in August.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Recent moves by the Bangor region’s largest health care system to scale back or sell off services signal that Northern Light Health is facing some of the same financial headwinds as health care systems across the U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners selected Andrew Torbett as the new chairperson to lead their discussions during a meeting Tuesday.

By Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public When Gov.

Bangor Daily News file photo AUGERING WELL — Space is a premium these days at Frye Cove on Lake Wassookeag as fishermen stand nearly shoulder to shoulder, all seeking that trophy fish.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maureen Whitehouse likes to hear the whole story.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC Miosac Club’s Christmas party took place on Dec.

GREENVILLE — An iconic steamboat built in 1914 — and the oldest Bath Iron Works vessel still operating — is undergoing a number of preservation efforts to ensure it continues cruising Moosehead Lake in the future.

GREENVILLE — A Catholic church in Greenville is clashing with local officials over whether its digital sign violates a town ordinance.

By Murray Carpenter, Maine Public The winter storm that pummeled Maine left damage at some of Maine’s state parks.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The effects of chemical contamination of Maine’s fish and wildlife, the impact of the revamped antlerless deer permit system and winter tick mortality among moose are three of the key areas outdoor enthusiasts should follow as we head into 2023.

BANGOR — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H staff in Penobscot County will hold a youth public speaking workshop on Saturday, Jan.

By The Associated Press Maine is likely to finish the year with its highest number of highway fatalities in 15 years, as a pandemic trend of speeding and reckless driving continues across the state, officials said.