DOVER-FOXCROFT — The new school year will be here before we know it, and there’s a lot to think about: school supplies, healthy lunches and snacks, required vaccines, bedtime routines, and more.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The cinematic adaptation of the classic survival tale “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” is now slated to hit theaters this November.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly 1,000 cases across Maine do not have lawyers assigned.

GUILFORD — Organizers have released the schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 27 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

MILO — Thursday, Aug.

Bakes for Breast Cancer, the Massachusetts-based non-profit organization dedicated to funding breast cancer researchers and clinicians, is proud to announce its 25th anniversary in 2024 and event dates.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public More than 350 people submitted proposals for a redesign of the original Maine state flag that will be the subject of a referendum vote this November.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Hey everyone, August has joined the chat! Has summer zoomed by at warp factor 10 or what? Ok, not on those humid days when it meanders like an Altman film.

The Maine Department of Education has awarded $2,788,372 in Summer Learning and Enrichment Grant funding to 61 Maine schools, including the Guilford-based SAD 4.

GREENVILLE — For most of 2024, the Greenville Planning Board has been working on an affordable housing density ordinance to be in compliance with state regulations — LD 2003 “An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions.

By Leigh Tass, Bangor Daily News Staff SHIRLEY — Four children and four adults were injured after a Jeep hit a moose and then hit an oncoming SUV in Shirley Friday night, July 19, police say.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — There are several reasons why people choose to work in emergency medical services: competitive pay, flexible schedules, job stability, career advancement opportunities, and the potential to save lives during every work shift.

More than $66,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Piscataquis County.

By Ari Snider, Maine Public Maine saw just over 14,000 business applications last year, about an 8 percent increase from the year before, and the highest on record going back to 2005.

GREENVILLE — Nearly 60 acres of land in Greenville Junction off North Green Street, on the peninsula going into Moosehead Lake on the eastern shore of the West Cove, is being considered for the proposed Greenville Grove Subdivision.

Grade 12, highest honors: Scott Chadbourne, Zachariah Demmer; high honors: Lily Carr, Dominic Cookson, Emily Easler, Benjamin Higgins, Parker Kelley, Sophia Kopf, Tim Van Der Heijden; honors: Kylee Downing, Onyxia Williams.

The Sebec Lake Association, together with the Lake Stewards of Maine, will host a plant paddle workshop on Tuesday, Aug.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A small Maine volunteer group has big plans to rebuild a regional industry in a way they believe will also benefit the environment, particularly soil, and human health.