By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA – The number of Mainers who have died with COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 on Thursday following a winter surge in the virus driven by highly contagious variants.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the 2021-22 academic year, SeDoMoCha School students have been wearing protective face wear under a policy requiring universal masking when Piscataquis County is in the red or the most severe of the community transmission rate — which it has been since classes began.

MILO — An early step toward bringing a regional high school project to fruition among four area school districts was taken with the presentation of a bill to allow for the first of its kind secondary institution to operate as a community school district.

DEXTER – For more than a month, SAD 46 and other school units across Maine have been holding classes in accordance with the Maine CDC’s and Maine Department of Education’s revised standard operating procedure since students returned after the holiday break.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – When Foxcroft Academy and Caribou High School met in Aroostook County on Dec.

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions from 4–6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Snowmobilers will be able to put their machines to the test to earn bragging rights over who is the fastest during the inaugural Piscataquis Radar Runs on Saturday, Feb.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT – Both Foxcroft Academy and Caribou High School girls teams ended up with respective season-low points for totals during a late afternoon Big East Conference/Class B North contest on Jan.

District will be in remote learning through Monday, Jan, 24 MILO — SAD 41 is among the Maine school districts following the latest standard operating procedure from the Maine Department of Education.

GUILFORD — Last year students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School captured their thoughts and feelings from the coronavirus pandemic in firsthand accounts, poetry, stories and art.