By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON – A Lewiston man convicted 16 years ago of sex crimes against children has died at the minimum security prison in Charleston.

HAMPDEN – Lisa Warren has earned the designation of Transportation Risk & Insurance Professional from the International Risk Management Institute.

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District will be in remote learning through Monday, Jan, 24 MILO — SAD 41 is among the Maine school districts following the latest standard operating procedure from the Maine Department of Education.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite the availability of more permits, overall hunter success was down slightly during the traditional portion of the 2021 Maine moose hunt.

DEXTER — Dexter town councilors will consider dedicating a portion of the town’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to a local organization that began restoring a building along Main Street to serve as a food pantry and resource center.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff WARREN – A man convicted of beating his neighbor to death more than 30 years ago has died at the Maine State Prison.

GUILFORD — Last year students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School captured their thoughts and feelings from the coronavirus pandemic in firsthand accounts, poetry, stories and art.

Composite photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH – Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the December Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

GREENVILLE – Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union presented a check in the amount of $7,500 to support the Northern Light C.

By David Marino Jr.

ORONO — Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals with differing personal and professional perspectives will address the topic “The State of Civil Rights in Maine” as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr.

GUILFORD — An early step for a proposed regional comprehensive high school concerns the governance of the secondary institution.

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ABBOT — An old two-story farmhouse in Abbot was destroyed when an indoor wood stove sparked a fire that enveloped the structure Tuesday afternoon.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Education announced today further revisions to the Maine CDC’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for responding to COVID-19 in schools.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff When Laurie and Norm Turner began building their home in Medford 15 years ago, they designed it so they could sit at the kitchen table and watch birds and other wildlife through the windows.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County has selected a Bangor firm to oversee the design and budgeting for a project that will add 100 beds to its chronically overcrowded jail and include a number of renovations to the more than 160-year-old facility.