EXETER, Maine — Tressa Gudroe, 42, a familiar face for Exeter residents, recently was hired as town manager.
The Dexter woman served as town manager for three years starting in 2004 before she …
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The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 to anyone who can help solve the case of two dogs who were shot and killed in Hudson last year.
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The Millinocket Fin & Feather Club loves salmon, hates pike.
That’s why the group opposes a project that it otherwise might advocate — the purchase and eventual decommissioning of three …
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January is a tough month. The holidays are over and spring seems so far away. Then there is the weather. It still gets dark early. It’s cold and snowy and icy. The gray days can give way to the …
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The Sanford High School Band will represent Maine during this year’s Inaugural Parade, but a dozen years ago there were two Bangor-area schools in Washington for President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration.
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ORONO, Maine — To commemorate the 400th anniversaries of French explorer Samuel Champlain’s founding of Québec and naming of Lake Champlain, the Canadian American Center at the University of …
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BANGOR, Maine — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has awarded a $4,000 grant to Literacy Volunteers of Bangor to help provide low-literate families with a starter library of age-appropriate books.
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BANGOR, Maine — The authors of this year’s Penobscot Reads book, “Finding Amy,” will speak at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the Lecture Hall at Bangor Public Library.
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Up with People is known for its engaging and inspiring musical performances. Its global education program offers participants first-hand exposure to social issues and provides the opportunity to address local community needs and make an impact all over the world.
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BANGOR, Maine — The University of Maine Museum of Art will present three new exhibitions beginning Friday, Jan. 16: “A Bit of Colored Ribbon: Works by John Bailly,” “Metaphysics of Landscape: Paintings by Timothy McDowell” and “Gyotaku Prints” by Boshu Nagase.
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A team of horses driven by Dick Hanscom of Dexter pulls passengers on a sled ride through a covered bridge over Blackman Stream on Jan. 11 at Leonard’s Mills Historic Settlement in Bradley. The …
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BREWER, Maine — Brewer Youth Theatre will present Neil Simon’s classic comedy “The Odd Couple” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 15-17, at Brewer Middle School.
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A brutal cold snap has settled over Maine, but warming centers to help Katahdin region residents escape high heating bills haven’t yet gotten much use, officials said.
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BANGOR, Maine — A federal judge called a Winn man a liar before sentencing him Wednesday to more than five years in prison on drug and Social Security fraud charges.
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EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Jodi Helsor went into the Sunrise Peak School District public hearing Tuesday ready to dislike the committee’s plan to combine the Katahdin region’s public …
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MILLINOCKET, Maine — A Millinocket man was being held at the Penobscot County Jail Monday after his girlfriend told police that he briefly held a knife to her throat.
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LINCOLN, Maine — Efforts to build a 24-unit senior housing complex at the former Lake Mall site are progressing, but expect the crater on Main Street to remain a crater for at least another year.
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BANGOR — If the city is planning to consolidate its polling places from four down to one for special elections, it might as well do it for all elections.
That was the consensus of the Bangor Polling Realignment Committee, which met last week to discuss the idea and agreed to move forward with that recommendation to the city council.
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