Northern Light Health reported a significant increase in the number of lung cancer screenings conducted in March.

ANNANDALE, Minnesota — Malco Products, SBC, one of the nation’s leading solution developers and manufacturers of a variety of high-quality tools for the building trades, announced the winners of its first-ever Building Exterior Trade-Pro of the Year Award program.

WILLIAMSBURG — Register and join us for a morning bird walk on Saturday, May 20 as we explore springtime birds at the Williamsburg Forest, formerly known as the Demonstration Forest, in Williamsburg! The Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be co-hosting with Forest Society of Maine Conservation Specialist Kristin Peet, experienced birder Shane Barker and Maine Audubon Society’s birder Nick Lund.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff There are a bunch of hunting-related items in the pipeline for the Maine Legislature.

By Ron Chase On the third day of our six-day Baxter State Park expedition, eight of us awoke in the midst of a stormy Northeaster.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff After many doctors closed their offices to patient visits earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine libraries became critical health care hubs.

MILO — At last month’s annual town meeting  many of the articles making up the warrant were not voted on by residents.

AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service announced the expansion of its emergency order restricting the movement of ash trees, green ash waste, ash firewood, and any other materials that may be a means of emerald ash border transportation.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Calvin Klopp of Gray knows that ice fishing requires skill and experience, but it never hurts to have a little luck on your side.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County has hired a lobbyist to work behind the scenes at the State House to push for state funding of a new jail and more deputies — services usually primarily funded by county governments — highlighting the challenges that the county views as most dire.

The Maine Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Lydia R.

MILO — To celebrate Milo’s 200th birthday the Three Rivers Kiwanis will be hosting a scavenger hunt Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Music! ance! Talent! Pine Tree Hospice’s 27th annual Variety Show is coming up! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 22 at 2 pm at the Center Theatre.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recognized the March Students in the Spotlight at a recent assembly.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff After 54 years in operation, an Orono-based search and rescue nonprofit organization will close at the end of November due its dwindling and aging membership.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will gather at 9 a.

BANGOR — Northern Light Health is proud to support organ, eye, and tissue donation.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A year after the deadliest winter on record for collared moose calves, there’s some encouraging news coming from northern Maine.