ATKINSON — For over 65 years, Mel Ames has been managing “a living trust for future generations” – the forests around him.

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GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL Photo courtesy of James Macomber/Penquis Helping sort and pack for Penquis’ Smart Start For Students were, from left, SeDoMoCha Elementary School student Diana Voter and Foxcroft Academy students Crystal Macomber and Camille Bozzelli.

    This year’s Race to End Domestic Abuse takes place on Sunday afternoon, Oct.

Staff Report     AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature goes back to work for one day on Thursday, Aug.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     WILLIMANTIC — Not many Maine communities with only 150 year-round residents have their own public library.

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AOS 94: Students in K-9 and new Dexter Regional High School students start on Wednesday, Aug.

AOS 94Exeter     Bus #6, Tina Cote, driver.

    AUGUSTA — Almost 100 new jobs are being created across Maine thanks to recently announced Economic Development Program awards.

By Kathy McCartyStaff Writer     PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties share many of the same strengths and challenges.

Scott Pangburn of Save-A-Lot Food Stores visited the youth at the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District Summer Camp recently, and the children gave him a handmade thank-you letter that they all signed.

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    BLANCHARD — The Blanchard Preservation Society will host the annual Riverdriver Beanhole Bean event on Saturday, Aug 10 from noon to 4 p.

    Elliotsville Plantation has completed a timber harvest of about 200 acres on land it owns east of Baxter State Park.

By Joseph CyrStaff Writer     HOULTON — Changes are under way at the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department, Aroostook County Jail and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     The election of Rick Bennett of Oxford as party chairman by the Maine State Republican Committee last week drew widespread praise from local elected officials.