By Jan DeBlieu, The Maine Monitor Steve Tatko squatted next to the cut end of a red spruce trunk lying in a stack with other felled trees.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The counties and municipalities that receive a direct share of the settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers have spent less than half of the money paid out so far, a Maine Monitor survey found.

SANGERVILLE — Piscataquis County Democrats gathered for their annual Spring Brunch at the East Sangerville Grange on May 4 with over 60 people in attendance.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On a rainy, dreary Saturday in April, the volunteers of Pine Tree Hospice presented the group’s 29th Variety Show and created a little sunshine at the Center Theatre for the 100 attendees.

By Heather Paquette, Good Shepherd Food Bank president Hunger in Maine is rising, and the pressure on the emergency food network is higher today than at the peak of the pandemic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts is producing Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!”  According to Patrick Myers, the Center Theatre’s executive director, it will be the biggest musical at the theatre in years.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff ROCKWOOD — Camden Jewell of Skowhegan, who turned 17 on May 2, almost lost two rods and his big fish.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Former Gov.

ORONO — The Piscataquis Community High School and Penquis Valley High School outdoor track & field teams took part in a Penobscot Valley Conference meet on May 2 at Orono High School.

MILO — The Milo Garden Club will hold its May meeting on the 13th at 1 p.