1 week ago

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce $400,000 for Eastern Maine Development Corporation  

WASHINGTON, D.

1 week ago

$7.4M SAD 4 budget moved to July 14 at the polls

GUILFORD — A proposed $7,397,862 budget for the 2020-21 academic year was approved — with all 22 articles approved as written over 20 minutes with minimal discussion from the more than 30 registered voters present — during the annual district budget meeting on June 25 in the gymnasium at Piscataquis Community High School.

1 week ago

How seven Confederate soldiers came to be buried in Maine

Controversial Confederate monuments are coming down all over the southern United States.

1 week ago

Baxter State Park announces Visiting Artist 

Baxter State Park is pleased to announce that Jill Osgood has been selected as this year’s Visiting Artist.

1 week ago

2020 Foxcroft Academy senior and post-graduate scholarships and awards 

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following were presented during the 2020 Foxcroft Academy commencement on June 27:   Anna Shaw Buck Prize for Spoken French: Vu Trong Nhan Pham    Anna Shaw Buck Prize for Written French: Clark LaChance   Bruce & Kristen Gurall Scholarships: Enrico Ayala, MacKenzie Pearl, Katherine Ames   C.

2 weeks ago

Popular West Branch rapids inaccessible to rafters after rock slide

An April rock slide at McKay Station, a hydroelectric dam owned by Brookfield Renewable, has forced the company to shut down a path to the West Branch of the Penobscot River that allows whitewater rafters and other recreational users to access some of the rapids of Ripogenus Gorge.

2 weeks ago

$11.97M RSU 68 budget set for July 14 referendum  

DOVER-FOXCROFT —  A proposed $11,970,877 RSU 68 budget for the 2020-21 academic year was approved at the annual district budget meeting on June 23 at the SeDoMoCha School.

2 weeks ago

Award-winning teacher fosters ‘intellectualism’ among his Piscataquis County students

Family history and influential high school teachers led Joe Hennessey to a career in education.

2 weeks ago

Dover-Foxcroft seeking grant to help mitigate COVID-19 spread

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has created unexpected costs for Maine communities and businesses.

2 weeks ago

International Seaplane Fly-In canceled

GREENVILLE — The biggest event of the summer in the Moosehead Lake region has become the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 weeks ago

Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis seeks donations for online auction  

DOVER-FOXCROFT — This summer the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis annual auction will take place online in July at the annual Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Auction Facebook page.

2 weeks ago

BIW strike won’t affect delivery of machines to Puritan

A strike at Bath Iron Works won’t affect the company’s delivery of machines needed to ramp up production of specialized swabs used for tests for the new coronavirus, officials say.

2 weeks ago

Penobscot County sets public hearing for $6M bond for 911 upgrades

Penobscot County Commissioners will hold an in-person public hearing in Corinna at the end of month about the $6-million bond issue on the July 14 ballot.

2 weeks ago

Alumnus to emerge from quarantine to give Foxcroft commencement address

Mark Stitham, M.

2 weeks ago

Center Theatre and ice arena create makeshift Dover-Foxcroft drive-in

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two Dover-Foxcroft nonprofits that have been closed since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic — the Center Theatre and Piscataquis County Ice Arena — are bringing drive-in movies to the Piscataquis County seat.

2 weeks ago

Libra’s infusion of talent and money helps set small Maine town back on its feet

It’s a familiar story for Maine — a once-thriving manufacturing town suddenly in search of a new identity.

3 weeks ago

McLaughlin, Kujawski receive Don Hall Scholarships from East Sangerville Grange 

The East Sangerville Grange is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Don Hall Scholarship. A first-year scholarship has been awarded to Megan McLaughlin, a 2020 graduate of Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford. In addition, a renewal scholarship has been awarded to Brooke Kujawski, a 2019 graduate of Piscataquis Community High School.

3 weeks ago

Maine Forest Heritage Days postponed until 2021

The 29th annual Maine Forest Heritage Days scheduled for Aug. 6-9 has been canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is scheduled to return Aug. 12-15, 2021 at the Greenville Consolidated School campus.