HAMPDEN – CUSO Home Lending, a licensed mortgage company owned by credit unions and The Maine Credit Union League, has announced that they have signed a contract with MaineStream Finance to manage the servicing of their current portfolio of loans and take on servicing of any new loans they close going forward.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each month the SeDoMoCha School recognizes “Students in the Spotlight” celebrating pupils from kindergarten to grade 8 and a staff member who teachers and staff have determined best demonstrate a specific positive attribute or characteristic chosen for the timeframe from the Habits of Mind (a set of life skills for educators and parents).

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The community transmission levels of COVID-19 have significantly increased throughout the state since last month, data released on Thursday by the U.

MONSON – Monson’s official Bicentennial birthday ceremony is set to take place from 2-4 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – SeDoMoCha Elementary School’s drama program Stageworks, Jr.

DEXTER — An Orneville man is facing multiple charges after allegedly kidnapping his 4-year-old son from his mother-in-law’s home and fleeing in a vehicle, then returning for money and trying to take his daughter.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are teaming up for PCSWCD’s spring installment of our Families in the Outdoors program, Fisheries Day.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A man was taken to a local hospital but in good condition after his pacemaker shocked him at a State House rally on April 11  that police said likely happened because of interference from a sound system.

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 school board approved a 2022-23 budget totaling $7,772,120 during an April 12 meeting at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU FOOD CENTER CONTRIBUTION – Kelly Sirimoglu, left, of the Piscataquis Regional Food Center received a check from Danielle Mailloux with Maine Highlands FCU.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Whoopie Pie Festival, which draws thousands to downtown Dover-Foxcroft each summer, is returning on June 25 — and yes, that includes a whoopie pie eating contest.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Three major hospital construction projects will cost 40 percent more than initially thought as Northern Light Health encounters steep increases to the cost of labor and building materials.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff If you’re lucky, you might soon have the chance to harvest at least two deer in Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board voted this week to table a proposed moratorium that would temporarily halt permitting and construction of manufactured housing in the town’s historic district.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After years of loving wear and tear from the town’s youngest residents, the playground on Morton Avenue will undergo a major renovation in the coming months.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff Schools will no longer conduct pooled coronavirus testing after May 13, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced on April 13.

Photo courtesy of Center Theatre SUNFLOWER WINNER – Artist Laurie Sproul of Brownville gives her hand-carved sunflower to Clayton Cole from Corinth.

By Samanta Hogan, Maine Monitor Most boaters under age 25 will be required to pass an education and safety course before January 2024 to operate on Maine’s lakes and rivers because of a bill passed by the state Legislature this year.