Senior Nate DeSisto drove in what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the fifth and classmate Jackson Coutts pitched three scoreless innings of relief as the third-seeded Red Riots upended No. 5 Dexter 2-1 in the Class C North baseball final at Mansfield Stadium.

A two-run blast from Sydney Underhill-Tilton and a three-run triple from Bryanne Lancaster were two of many hits that gave Richmond its 88th straight win, 14-6, and its eighth consecutive regional title. The Bobcats were also playing in the program’s 14th regional final in a row.

On Monday, June 19 please join the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) for our summer quarterly meeting at the newly completed Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Medawisla Lodge located northeast of Greenville.

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Dexter Regional High School recently conducted an art competition for the design of the 2017 graduation final assembly program cover.

Middle and high school students at Piscataquis Community Secondary School enjoyed a recent spring fling that was about some different kinds of learning.

Since 2012, on average, 18 of Maine’s 25 community hospitals have operated with negative operating margins. Now, it seems that nearly every day there is news about a hospital or health system closing or reducing services to control costs.

It seems as if we forge some pretty amazing bonds with the libraries in many of the towns we move to. Certainly, it is the case with the Thompson Free Library here in Dover-Foxcroft. Let me explain.

It’s no secret to people who know me -- I oppose Donald Trump on just about everything. But the erosion of basic human decency since the election is at a level I’ve never seen before.

Greenville High School came back in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Buckfield High School 7-6 in a Class D South softball semifinal on June 10 between the region’s second and third-seeded teams.