DEXTER – Two organizations are coming together to bring more people together and raise more funds for the Maine-A-Wish Foundation than going solo at different locations across town and/or on different dates.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Temperatures are expected to soar into the mid-90s across most of the state by the end of the week, according to forecasters with the National Weather Service.

University of Maine and University of New Hampshire researchers will investigate how the diversity and evolution of feeding habits among Arctic charr populations in Maine affect their resilience or vulnerability to climate change.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom RIVERFEST RETURNS – After a 3-year absence due to the pandemic, the Piscataquis River Festival returned to Guilford on Saturday.

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for 26-year-old Bret Libby of Long A Township who was last seen Tuesday, Aug.

PORTLAND — The Institute for Family-Owned Business has named 25 companies as finalists for the 22nd Maine Family Business Awards.

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union HANDS-FREE MUNCHING – The return of the Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford on Saturday brought back the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union’s pie eating contest in the early afternoon.

Grant funding for organizations and projects that provide community-based transportation, usually through volunteer drivers, is available from the Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Charity Foundation Fund.

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By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff About half a foot of rain over the next month is needed to relieve the moderate drought conditions.

CORINNA — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Penobscot livestock club will host a livestock show and sale from 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Approximately 100 SeDoMoCha School students have been attending portions of a six-week STEAM camp/summer school where they have been taking part in academic programs and exploring some outside interests.

The Old Town Orono YMCA and the Piscataquis Regional YMCA are excited to share that earlier this month the board of directors for the two organizations formally voted to integrate as one organization.

Maine Forest Service rangers are working to keep a wildfire northwest of Greenville under control.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Giving birth just nine days ago didn’t stop Shania Wooding from opening a new business in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A “trial blitz” planned this fall in Washington County may serve as a blueprint for how Maine can resolve a huge backlog of criminal cases after the pandemic forced long delays in the dispensing of justice.

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TB R10 WELS — Maine Game Wardens safely located a missing 2-year old girl who had wandered away from her campsite during the early morning hours of Thursday, July 28.