By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff As heating prices continue to rise and winter approaches, Gov.

DEXTER — Administrators across SAD 46 are feeling hopeful that COVID-19 case and quarantine numbers in district schools are coming down and the worst may be over.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are monitoring and planning potential repairs for a piece of a bridge along East Main Street that appears to be crumbling.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily New Staff To the casual observer, it looks like there are more albino or piebald critters wandering around the Maine woods or flying overhead these days.

HARMONY — Game wardens are offering a $3,000 reward to catch a poacher.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County is asking architectural firms for proposals to add about 100 beds to its existing jail on Hammond Street in Bangor, marking the county’s latest attempt to ease overcrowding at the 161-year-old facility that regularly exceeds its licensed capacity of 157 inmates.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents of the four RSU 68 communities will vote via referendum on Tuesday, Dec.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Voters approved a referendum Tuesday adding the “right to food” to the Maine Constitution, setting up possible legal battles down the road about what the newly enshrined right means.

By Jessica Piper and Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters backed a question Tuesday authorizing another $100 million in transportation bonds, the seventh straight year the state has approved such a referendum aimed at addressing funding shortfalls for crucial infrastructure.

By Caitlin Andrews and Michael Shepherd FARMINGTON, Maine — Central Maine Power Co.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A decade-plus disagreement over winter maintenance of the Blanchard Road in Shirley between the town and a resident will likely now be headed to court for a solution.

By Emily AdamsWASHINGTON, D.

CHARLESTON — Shortly before 7 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Democrats held another food drive on Saturday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Community Foundation celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Piscataquis County Fund, one of the organization’s 15 funds that support grantees from each county.

By Kim Brawn When we think of nourishing, we usually think of food.

AUGUSTA – The Maine district office of the U.