By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police in Maine must be sure someone has waived their constitutional rights to a ...

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance. But the expanded use of laptops is creating other opportunities.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is pleased to announce it has received a $2,000 grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support its 2025 Fall Foliage Tour. This much anticipated ...

Several days before the first meeting of the budget committee on Thursday Sept. 4, Piscataquis County officials are still awaiting some numbers from the state that will be part of the 2026-27 ...

To the Editor; As I was leaving the polling place in 2024, a young woman approached me to sign her petition to prevent voter fraud. I asked, is this really a problem? I recall she essentially said, ...

WATERVILLE — Thomas College announces it has raised over $3 million dollars within the last 18 months for the Laurie Lachance ...

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Bud Utecht is a registered Maine guide in the North Maine woods where he has several bait sites for hunting bears. His sites are remote, requiring a ...

DEXTER — Wayside Grange & Theatre is proud to introduce House of Hamill to Central Maine on Thursday night, Sept. 11.

Wassabec Genealogy Society at the Thompson Free Library. All are welcome to attend for a very informative program from Ethan Annis, vice president of Lary Funeral Home, on funeral records which are ...

By Nancy Battick Occasionally I write about the necessity not to judge our ancestors by today’s standards. It’s important to ...

By Aislinn Sarnacki Sometimes I’m drawn to a mountain simply because it has a cool name. The Owl, a dramatic peak that rises about 3,700 feet above sea level in Baxter State Park, is a prime example.

By V. Paul Reynolds Over the years, an assortment of different hunting knives have wound up in my hunting day pack.