DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC MIOSAC Club  met May 5 for the annual meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Town of Dover-Foxcroft has been selected as one of 25 communities nationwide to receive planning assistance through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program.

PORTLAND — Piscataquis County Democrats were well represented at the Maine Democratic Convention at Thompson’s Point in Portland on May 1-2.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, “Better Together” — the award-winning coming-of-age adventure film that has captured 22 film festival wins — returns to theaters for a limited engagement this May.

SANGERVILLE — The Two Knights Brewing & Kennedy Kustoms 5K Race fundraising event will support Friends of Community Fitness and will be hosted at Two Knights Brewing, 136 McPhetres Road in Sangerville, on Saturday, May 16.

By Al Raychard My father wasn’t much of a fisherman, but he must have wet a line or two at some point during his youth because he seemed to know a little about it on our rare outings.

PORTLAND – The youth-driven mental health nonprofit The Yellow Tulip Project is hosting community celebrations across the country in major cities where project representatives are gathering in honor of their 10-year anniversary and commitment to “Smashing The Stigma”  surrounding mental health awareness and treatment.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers can vote early by absentee ballot at all municipal offices starting Monday through June 4 ahead of the state’s June 9 primary election.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School boys soccer coach Trey Gilbert has stepped down after a decade leading the Pirates.

FARMINGTON — The lilt of bagpipes filled the air at the University of Maine at Farmington Saturday, May 9, as it celebrated the Class of 2026.