By Stephen Seeback, Moosehead Lake Region fisheries resource technician  Like smelt, lake whitefish have the fresh smell of cucumbers.

GREENVILLE — A grand opening celebration and open house for Greenville’s new public safety building on Minden Street is scheduled for 11 a.

GREENVILLE — For months the Greenville Planning Board worked on a pair of ordinances for the June 3 annual town meeting, one for fences and another pertaining to updating the land use ordinance via minimum lot sizes to be in compliance with state regulations on housing density.

DEXTER — With help from various community partners, students in the Building Trades program at Tri-County Technical Center will soon be able to apply what they have learned in the classroom in the real world as they are part of a crew to construct a family home on Main Street Hill.

MILO — More than a dozen years ago SAD 41 formed an Alternative Organizational Structure 43 with SAD 31 of the Howland area.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The economic value of Maine’s lakes to the state economy has more than doubled in 25 years, according to a University of Maine study being released in June.

MILO — Milo has the opportunity to work with the Maine Department of Transportation on a Village Partnership Initiative to develop a vision for the downtown, but any binding obligation would be made in the months to come.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners approved a $175,000 increase to the 2024-25 Unorganized Territory budget during a meeting on Tuesday, June 4.

DEXTER — Thirteen members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association and one guest met at the FAMBily Restaurant in Dexter for their monthly meeting on May 28.

SEBEC — After several years of operating a food truck, Jason and Allison McCormick have a permanent business home at the Sebec Country Store and Mainely Pastures Diner.