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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom MISS MAPLE CROWN HOLDERS — Three contestants earned first-place honors in their respective age categories during the 11th annual Miss Maple Pageant at the Piscataquis Valley Fair in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday morning, Aug. 29. From left, Miss Maple runner-up Kaydance Flint, Miss Maple Kaycie Bishop, Little Miss Maple Kinsley Weymouth, Miss Maple runner-up Stella Foley, Mini Miss Maple runner-up Ivy Wilcox and Mini Miss Maple Addison Perkins.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom MISS MAPLE CROWN HOLDERS — Three contestants earned first-place honors in their respective age categories during the 11th annual Miss Maple Pageant at the Piscataquis Valley Fair in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday morning, Aug. 29. From left, Miss Maple runner-up Kaydance Flint, Miss Maple Kaycie Bishop, Little Miss Maple Kinsley Weymouth, Miss Maple runner-up Stella Foley, Mini Miss Maple runner-up Ivy Wilcox and Mini Miss Maple Addison Perkins.

Miss Maple trio crowned at Piscataquis Valley Fair

August 29, 2026

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three girls will reign as Miss Maple in their respective age groups for the next year after being crowned during the 11th annual Miss Maple Pageant on Saturday morning, Aug. 29 at the 139th Piscataquis Valley Fair.

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Lagrange boy recovering after being run over by car, family says

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff LAGRANGE — A child run over by a car Aug.

Guerin back on her feet after fainting at Susan Collins event

Northern Forest Center breaks ground on Greenville housing project

GREENVILLE — The ground was ceremonially broken for a $12.

Owner of 20 Maine nursing homes selling to California healthcare group

By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff The owner of 20 Maine nursing homes and assisted living centers is in the process of selling its facilities to an out-of-state healthcare group.

3-year-old child run over by family member in Lagrange

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff LAGRANGE — A three-year-old child was run over by a car driven by a family member at a Lagrange residence on Wednesday afternoon, Aug.

After 40 years of outfitting river trips, a mainstay of the Allagash is retiring

By Ari Snider, Maine Public Just about anyone who’s spent time on northern Maine’s Allagash River has heard of Norm.

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Bangor Daily News photo/Susan Bard FIRE TOWER VIEW — Katahdin and surrounding lakes are visible from the Trout Mountain fire tower.

Bangor Daily News photo/Susan Bard FIRE TOWER VIEW — Katahdin and surrounding lakes are visible from the Trout Mountain fire tower.

Fire tower offers perfect 360-degree views of Katahdin region

August 26, 2026

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A 2.7-mile hike to the top of Trout Mountain ends at an 80-foot fire tower.

Dove Tail Bats among Maine Discovery Museum Maine Science Awards winners

BANGOR — Maine Discovery Museum announced the honorees for the inaugural Maine Science Awards, a new annual celebration recognizing the scientists, innovators, researchers and advocates advancing science across Maine.

Fall high school sports season is right around the corner

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff While Aroostook County high teams have already begun playing soccer games due to the annual potato harvest break, the rest of the state’s fall sports teams began practicing this past week in preparation for the upcoming campaign.

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AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Whether we like it or not, the fall political season is upon us.

Maine’s Annual Hire-A-Vet Campaign

Dealing with unorganized township records

By Nancy Battick I recently had a query regarding unorganized township records.

Maine ghost towns

The case for more voices

To the Editor; Maine’s smallest towns often govern themselves through three person Select Boards, a structure inherited from an era when civic participation was assumed rather than earned and the business of local government was genuinely simpler.

I’ve picked Maine’s wild blueberries for nearly 30 years. 2026 was different.

By Al Raychard I always get a little melancholy this time of year.

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Foxcroft Academy to hold postgraduate fair, open house

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Wednesday, Sept.

Greenville residents to vote on land use changes

GREENVILLE — A special town meeting to vote on two items being brought forward by the Greenville Planning Board has been scheduled for 6 p.

Calendar of events

Recurring events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

Maine’s public universities become first to award college credit for career-aligned microcredentials earned in high school

AUGUSTA — As part of its efforts to promote postsecondary access, upward mobility, and the growth of the state’s workforce, the University of Maine System will award academic credit for microcredentials earned by high school students through Jobs for Maine’s Graduates.

PCEDC seeks nominations for 2026 Myrick Award

The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC in December (meeting invite and registration will be sent separately).

At JD Vance’s Brewer rally, Trump-friendly attendees grapple with affordability crisis

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff BREWER — Affordability was on the minds of attendees at Vice President JD Vance’s Brewer rally on Monday, underscoring the headwinds Republicans face heading into a midterm election shaped by high prices and the unpopular Iran war.