A man who helped engineer some of the largest public land conservation deals in state history has died. Alan Hutchinson, 70, died at his Orono home on Sunday, Aug. 26 according to an official at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home of Bangor.

Upcoming events for the region's Granges.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Those words, rather famously, come from Martin Luther King Jr., first spoken in a sermon he gave in 1957, and then printed in his 1963 book “Strength to Love.”

Notice to the Sangerville, Maine residents, I Richard R. Dobson Sr. have in writing legal documentation from the town’s attorney Thad B. Zmistowski’s office, and the board of overseers of the bar, that the town’s attorney Thad B. Zmistowski does not represent the citizens of Sangerville or works in the best interest of the Sangerville citizens and we are not his clients.

Thank you to Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton for setting the record straight about Medicaid in Maine in an Aug 21 BDN OpEd. Gov. Paul LePage’s refusal to expand Medicaid under Obamacare has cost the state tremendously.

As our students will be going back to school soon on behalf of this great county I want to wish you the best this school year. You are our future leaders of our communities, county, state and nation.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met Aug.

A close friend, driving one of Maine's suburban roads, came upon an accident scene. A maroon SUV was stopped on a grass median. Police were trying to save the life of the unconscious young man lying on the grass. The driver had overdosed on drugs. The police were acting to save his life. One officer, using a special nasal injector, administered into the young man an overdose blocker called Narcan. Within moments, the driver came to. Did he thank the police for saving his life? No, he screamed at the officer for "ruining his high."

Last week the annual Maine Mini Golf Masters raised an estimated record of $13,000-plus for charities in the SAD 41 area in and around Brownville and Milo.