The Northern Forest Center, in partnership with the Moosehead Lake Brand Leadership Team (BLT), is offering matching grants of up $2,000 to support downtown façade improvements by Greenville businesses and business property owners.

Upcoming events around the region.

On Saturday, March 3 the Ponies outlasted 48 other Maine schools to win the state robotics championship at Biddeford High School. They partnered with MDI High School and Hampden Academy to win this years; competition. The all-day event saw middle and high schools from all over the state converge on southern Maine.

Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville met with Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Denise Buzzelli, Chad Misery of Central Maine and Quebec Railway and Jon Seavey of Gordon Construction at the Derby Shop in Milo. The shop is under complete construction for future use by the Central Maine and Quebec Railway.

The new church, which has been under construction for nearly a year, was blessed and dedicated by Bishop Robert Deeley during a Mass celebrated on Sunday, March 4.

Brownville/Milo area Democrats held their party caucus on Sunday, March 4 at the Milo Town Hall. Carole Boothroyd welcomed everyone and introduced guests.

February Students of the Month at Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford are freshman Hunter Simon, sophomore Ariona Gerry, junior Lilli McCormack and senior Tylla Gosselin.

Foxcroft Academy wrestlers RJ Nelson and Elijah Ames both took part in the 54th annual New England wrestling championship March 2-3 at the Providence Career and Technical Academy.

They had waited 64 years to celebrate a state championship, but the wait didn’t stop there for the Greenville High School boys basketball program and its supporters.

The Greenville Lakers should have been riding high entering the 2017-2018 schoolboy basketball season. All five starters were back from the 2017 team that finished 20-2 and captured the Class D South championship before falling to Machias in the state title game.