DOVER-FOXCROFT — Old technology that causes Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency computers to lock up in the middle of tasks is making it difficult for the group to finish its new website.

The executive director of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is leaving after leading the organization for two years.

Galen Larson sat in his brightly painted kitchen in Milo, his hands clasped on his wooden table.

The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency wants to see more residents use an app it launched less than a year ago for alerts and emergency planning — even though it remains difficult for some to access it.

DEXTER — Maine’s annual Red Hot Dog Festival is returning to downtown Dexter on Aug.

DEXTER — In about 15 months, Dexter Fire Department will have a shiny, new fire truck stationed at its department.

The owner of a ski resort overlooking Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County has appealed a Kennebec County Superior Court justice’s ruling in favor of the state that ordered him to pay more than $4.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s Emergency Management Agency director is traveling to nearly every structure fire because of outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.

The cost of a new ski lift has shot up $1 million in just six months, said Perry Williams, developer of a proposed year-round ski resort project on Big Moose Mountain in Piscataquis County.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department received a $2,500 check earlier this week — a donation from the Radar Runs event on the frozen Piscataquis River.