DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts announced that thanks to the generosity of the Bangor Savings Bank Corporate Giving Program, they will be hosting a free community concert series starting on Saturday, Aug.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Two people were elected to the Dexter-area school board on Aug.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces its dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester.

WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is excited to offer our eighth annual chainsaw safety workshop! We will be working in collaboration with Sam Heffner and Jack Houtz to present a comprehensive chainsaw safety offering.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County must stop taking inmates at its jail and move boarded inmates to their original facilities after the jail failed an inspection last month.

DEXTER — The Maine Red Hot Festival will be back in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

GREENVILLE — Forest Heritage Days, an annual event that celebrates the rich forestry heritage of the Northwoods of Maine, is excited to announce its schedule of events for 2025.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor For the second time this summer, wildfire smoke from Canada has rolled into Maine, creating a gray haze that dulls the usual clarity of our summer skies and sends air quality readings into unhealthy territory.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Johnnie Walker, director of housing and shelter services at Partners for Peace, has worked at the domestic violence resource center for 25 years.

SANGERVILLE — Sangerville officials have set a $13.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Feb.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The order of referendums on the November 2025 statewide ballot has been announced.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Battered by the wind and soaked by the rain, she thought the end had come for her atop Katahdin.

The Maine Credit Union League is pleased to announce the hiring of Jared Gay as its new director of advocacy and compliance.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Association of REALTORS Foundation, the charitable arm of Maine Association of REALTORS, has awarded $210,000 through its 2025 Competitive Grant Program to 22 non-profit organizations to address a variety of housing needs of low-income individuals and households across Maine.

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By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The federal government says Penobscot County owes nearly $360,000 in unpaid taxes and penalties, but the county insists the amount has already been paid.

BRISTOL, Rhode Island — Laney Reardon of Dover-Foxcroft has been named to the spring 2025 dean’s list at Roger Williams University.