By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The “nerdy” changes within Penobscot County’s criminal justice system are what District Defender Logan Perkins is most proud of during her first year on the job.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — The following local residents were among 485 who received degrees from Grove City College on May 10: Andrew Marston of Dover-Foxcroft earned a bachelor of science in computer science.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A St.

Grade 12, highest honors: Lucy Alexander, Keira Bennett, Addyson Brown, McKenzie Clay, Lillian Cooley, Cole Doherty, Preslee Dow, Chase Farnsworth, Avery Fogler, Claire Fogler, Amelia Greaves, Megan Hreben, Emily Manter, Willis Rienhardt, Aleandra Vafiades, Brianna Vafiades; high honors: Sunny Bache, Seth Craig, Teegn Day, Fannie Patel, Elizabeth Roberts; honors: Issiah Amazeen, Ariel Anderson, Jason Bowden, Abigail Bradley, Thomas Burgess, Alice Childers, Ethan Doherty, Kelsey Doore, Kayleigh Dunton, Alexander Gilbert-Noke, Andrea Gilman, Olivia Higgins, Gabrielle Judkins, Kenzie Kimball, Carolyn Lufkin, Trevor Picariello, Sabrina Pike.

ATKINSON — The annual Atkinson Quilt show will be Saturday, July 19 at the Atkinson UMC on the South Stagecoach Road.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Seven people have been charged in connection with what prosecutors describe as a multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana growing, human trafficking and money laundering operation in Maine and Massachusetts.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation has released a comprehensive housing roadmap for the communities of Greenville, Lincoln and Old Town.

WILLIAMSBURG TWP — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting the seventh annual foraging workshop on Saturday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to welcome Brittany Hackett, PA-C, to its practitioner team at Northern Light Primary Care, Dover-Foxcroft.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — For seven and half decades Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities has invited the community to come and bid on items of all sorts at the organization’s annual Summer Auction.

MILO — Several weeks after SAD 41 residents voted down a proposed $11,907,487 budget for 2025-26, a revised figure of just over $11.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff While the number of homes for sale in Maine is growing, real estate agents from across the state aren’t seeing that trend extend to rustic waterfront camps.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 2025 Sebec Lake Association annual meeting will start at 9 a.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is proud to announce the successful completion of a member-driven fundraising campaign that raised $84,355 to establish an  endowment fund.

Penquis is proud to lead the Maine Highlands Economic Development Initiative, a community-centered planning effort designed to create sustainable, full-time jobs across rural Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Citizenship was the trait recognized during the month of May for the SeDoMoCha School’s Students in the Spotlight honorees.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — While property owners in the Unorganized Territory await their tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Piscataquis County officials are doing likewise.