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Contributed photo LIFETIME OF SERVICE — Dover-Foxcroft Fire Chief Joe Guyotte, pictured with family members during a surprise presentation, was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 58th Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention in Fryeburg, which was held Sept. 15-18. Guyotte has spent more than a half century in the fire service. The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department earned the “Outstanding Fire Department 2022” award as well as many individual honors for department and members’ apparatus brought to convention.

Contributed photo LIFETIME OF SERVICE — Dover-Foxcroft Fire Chief Joe Guyotte, pictured with family members during a surprise presentation, was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 58th Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention in Fryeburg, which was held Sept. 15-18. Guyotte has spent more than a half century in the fire service. The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department earned the “Outstanding Fire Department 2022” award as well as many individual honors for department and members’ apparatus brought to convention.

Dover-Foxcroft Fire Chief Guyotte presented with Lifetime Achievement Award

September 23, 2022

Contributed photo LIFETIME OF SERVICE — Dover-Foxcroft Fire Chief Joe Guyotte, pictured with family members during a surprise presentation, was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 58th Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention in Fryeburg, which was held Sept. 15-18.

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Moose season begins Monday

AUGUSTA — On Monday, Sept.

Cooperative Democrats, discord with Paul LePage upend sportsman endorsements

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Few groups in Augusta have been as interesting over the last few years as the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.

Annual walk/run for suicide prevention

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The JD Foundation is having its sixth annual Walk/Run to Wake the Silence on Saturday, Oct.

Home sales continued decline in August as prices steadily rose

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Home sales were down again in August as the median price of a single-family home increased nearly 10 percent since the same time last year.

Northern Light CA Dean Primary Care introduces patient self-scheduling

GREENVILLE — On Sept.

Greenville Select Board updated on county developments

GREENVILLE — The select board learned more about several developments for Piscatquis County that will affect Greenville and the surrounding area as members met with District 3 Piscataquis County Commissioner Wayne Erkkinen on Sept.

Sports Browse Sports

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Bangor Daily News photo/Linda Coan O'Kresik Amanda Demusz, wildlife biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, measures the spread of antlers on a moose at the tagging station at Gateway Variety in Ashland on opening day of the 2020 Maine moose hunt.

Bangor Daily News photo/Linda Coan O'Kresik Amanda Demusz, wildlife biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, measures the spread of antlers on a moose at the tagging station at Gateway Variety in Ashland on opening day of the 2020 Maine moose hunt.

Hunters hope for cool weather as Maine moose hunt begins next week

September 24, 2022

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Many folks call it the hunt of a lifetime. And for a lot of hunters, the chance to pursue a moose is special.

The special deer hunting season you may not know about

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff You’re driving down the road in mid-September and you see it.

Second-half rally falls short for Houlton football squad versus Dexter

By Joseph Cyr, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff HOULTON — A second-half surge was not enough to lift the Houlton football squad to victory Friday evening in the team’s homecoming game against Dexter.

Opinion Browse Opinion

The odds of finding this bird spotted in Dover-Foxcroft are astronomically low

By Bob Duchesne Maybe Mother Nature is trying to tell us something.

A big election for Piscataquis County

To the Editor; This letter is to the people of Piscataquis County.

We need thoughtful debate about what’s appropriate school material

By Matthew Gagnon As a general rule, I love banned books.

Supreme Court ruling has implications for gun owners

Reelect Dr. Evans for House District 31

To the Editor; Dr.

Has modern technology made hunting too easy?

By Chris Sargent I can still vividly recall my first deer hunt.

Living Browse Living

UMaine Extension offers 4-H volunteer training starting Oct. 19

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a two-part online training for adults interested in becoming 4-H volunteers from 6–7 p.

A&A Brochu Logging recognized by Maine Forest Products Council with Outstanding Logger Award

NEWRY – The Maine Forest Products Council awarded A&A Brochu Logging with the organization’s Outstanding Logger Award at its 62nd Annual Meeting on Sept.

WorkHealth, LLC expanding to Dover-Foxcroft

DOVER-FOXCROFT — WorkHealth, LLC, partners with employers to provide occupational health services that support employees’ ability to safely perform their specific duties and job functions.

Here’s where fall foliage is starting to change in Maine

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Fall foliage is starting to peek out in some places as temperatures become more consistently cool across the state.

Calendar of events

Many of the events may not be happening as listed due to COVID-19.

Kiwanis Park Gazebo honors 65-year member

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For six and a half decades, Harold “Doc” Sherman was a stalwart of the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft.