DOVER-FOXCROFT – Saturday, June 25, was a hot day in Dover-Foxcroft, but it was also the center of the Whoopie Pie Universe as nearly 8,000 people descended on the downtown to celebrate Maine’s Official State Treat.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District works hard to promote stewardship and provide resources to community members, arming the public with information and solutions to protect, promote and conserve natural resources.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension has named Sumon Datta an assistant Extension professor and Extension agricultural engineer.

To the Editor; My heart aches for all the victims and their families of the recent mass shootings involving assault rifles and high capacity magazines.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor I’ve written several reports over the past few years about the challenges with the salmon fishery at Chesuncook Lake.

MONSON – Monson Arts has been awarded a $5,000 grant from KeyBank to support scholarships for 16 students from University of Maine colleges and the Maine College of Art and Design to attend workshops at  Monson Arts this summer.

MONSON – Monson Arts has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support “Working In Wood.

To the Editor; “Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Paper guitars and backstage passes greeted attendees at the return of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce’s annual award ceremony as guests took their seats atop the Maine Saving Amphitheater stage for a rockstar experience.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff American Legion baseball in Maine has faced numerous challenges since the glory days of the early 2000s, when as many as 48 teams from around the state supplemented the high school season and one — Nova Seafood of Portland — captured a national championship in 2004.