Growing Through Grief meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September through May, from 1-3 p.m. in Dover-Foxcroft. The grief support group, presentation and delicious dessert are free of charge. Participants must pre-register by calling Pine Tree Hospice at 207-564-4346.

Bath Iron Works is one of the most important companies in Maine, but that doesn’t grant it immunity from basic oversight of tax programs designed for its sole benefit.

After more than two weeks of searching, divers from the Maine Warden Service and State Police found the body of a missing man in the Sebec River in Milo on Tuesday, according to Milo police.

The Maine Department of Transportation released a three-year road and bridge funding plan on Tuesday, Jan. 14 that will use more money to fund fewer projects, a symptom of rising construction costs and chronic underfunding of the state system.

It’s always exciting to change the calendar from December to January. A new year is filled with potential and the chance to start fresh. And after the busy holidays filled with celebrations and tables of delicious treats, it’s not surprising that, according to a 2019 survey, 65 percent of people resolved to exercise more with the New Year

The Center Theatre and Slightly Off-Center Players Community Theater Group are hosting a Valentine's Day mystery dinner party at the Commons Event Center at Central Hall. The dinner party titled "Happily Never After" will start at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 The event is suitable for all ages and everyone in attendance will be part of solving the evening's mystery.

Joined by leaders from Efficiency Maine Trust, Hometown Heat Pumps and the Maine Community College System at F.W. Webb Company in Augusta, Gov. Janet Mills on Jan. 14 announced that Maine was doubling its rebates to help Maine people purchase high-performance heat pumps.

On Jan. 8 Penquis Valley High School junior Joslyn Black, 16, received an invitation in the mail from the education organization Envision. This group provides summer learning programs to students from elementary through high school. Black’s invitation is to the Stanford Law School outside of San Francisco, California to learn and engage in a 10-day intensive law and trial program.

I am writing in support of Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville. This letter of support for Sen. Davis is easy to write. For a number of years I was the Legislative liaison for the Maine Community College System. During my tenure the college system grew from its roots as the Maine Vocational Technical Institutes to the Maine Technical College System and finally to the community college system that serves Maine people today.

The Foxcroft Academy Key Club and American Cancer Society are partnering to invite you to “sweep away cancer” at a broomball tournament being held at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26th at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena in Dover-Foxcroft (thepcia.com).