1 month ago Ways parents can protect their kids from online risks Imagine someone has taken a picture of your child without them knowing and posted it online.
1 month ago Meet the people boosting lagging voter participation among young Mainers By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has routinely led or nearly led the nation in voter turnout in recent elections, but it has work to do when it comes to registering teen voters.
1 month ago Piscataquis Observer earns six honors in annual newspaper contest Piscataquis Observer staff picked up a half dozen awards among the state’s smaller weekly publications division from the Maine Press Association in the 2024 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, announced on Oct.
1 month ago BDN wins Maine’s best daily newspaper, Loftus named journalist of the year By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News won the top honor of Maine’s best daily newspaper and reporter Sawyer Loftus was named the state’s journalist of the year at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday, Oct.
1 month ago A week of turmoil at Northern Light raises concern about further cuts By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff A leadership shakeup that saw three high-level executives leave their jobs at Northern Light Health last week is the latest example of how the hospital system is struggling to recover from the downward financial spiral it’s been in for the last few years.
1 month ago Camden National Bank collects more than 8,000 school supplies through employee donation drive Camden National Bank is proud to announce a significant donation of school supplies collected by employees and customers from all 57 banking centers to Ruth’s Reusable Resources, a local nonprofit dedicated to bridging the gap between business and education by transferring unwanted supplies to children and their teachers.
1 month ago Northern Light Health outsources roughly 500 jobs By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff All housekeeping and cafeteria positions at Northern Light Health are being outsourced to a third-party company, employees learned Tuesday.
1 month ago Northern Light Health vice president ousted amid leadership shake-up By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A vice president of Northern Light Health is the latest executive to leave the health care system amid a series of recent leadership changes.
1 month ago Bid accepted for Pleasant Street sidewalk work DOVER-FOXCROFT — Before the end of fall work is scheduled to be done on a section of the Pleasant Street sidewalk.
1 month ago Northern Light Health leadership changes following resignations By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Another Northern Light Health hospital president resigned on Oct.
1 month ago Dover-Foxcroft will support group looking to reopen PRYMCA facility DOVER-FOXCROFT — For a number of years the Dover-Foxcroft municipal budget has included funding for the Piscataquis Regional YMCA.
1 month ago Longtime Dover-Foxcroft town manager will step down at the start of the new year DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following two decades in the position, Dover-Foxcroft Town Manager Jack Clukey will be stepping down in early January of 2025.
1 month ago Forest Society of Maine announces Beichner as next president/CEO The Forest Society of Maine, America’s seventh-largest non-governmental conservation organization based on acres conserved, has selected Christopher Beichner as its next president/CEO.
1 month ago 2 arrested after police find fentanyl, meth, and crack in Brownville home By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff BROWNVILLE — Two people were arrested Tuesday after police executed a search warrant in Brownville.
1 month ago What to know about hiking Maine’s tallest volcanic mountain Standing on the summit, surrounded by jagged hunks of rock, I looked out over a seemingly endless forest of crimson, gold and burnt orange foliage.
1 month ago SAD 4 staff experience outdoor learning opportunities GUILFORD — The rural location of the SAD 4 campus housing both Piscataquis Community Secondary School and Piscataquis Community Elementary School provides a number of assets for teachers and students such as trails through the woods, space for gardening, an outdoor classroom, a courtyard in the middle of the grade 7-12 school, and more.