DOVER-FOXCROFT — After 75 straight years, the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft has decided to bring its annual summer auction to a close.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A drone video captured a diver recovering a snowmobile March 13 from beneath the ice of North Twin Lake in Piscataquis County, a week after the sled broke through.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A woman escaped unharmed early Sunday morning, March 15 after a truck broke through the ice about 150 yards from the Rockwood boat launch on Moosehead Lake.

GUILFORD — SAD 4 officials have started developing the 2026-27 academic year budget.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Whoopie Pie Festival organizers announced that the Festival won second place as the best Specialty Food Festival in USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Award.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Flora Sands of Dover-Foxcroft celebrated her 100th birthday on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8 at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with dozens of family members and friends.

DEXTER — SAD 46 is looking at a $183,920 reduction in state subsidy for the 2026-27 budget, Superintendent Kevin Jordan said during a March 4 school board meeting at the Ridge View Community School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — RSU 68 officials are continuing work on the 2026-27 budget, a spending plan that currently is up by $246,444 with a 4.

Photo courtesy of Aubrey Ladd/Dexter Regional High SchoolTIGER ROYALTY — The Winter Carnival week at Dexter Regional High School concluded with the Class of 2026 winning the week’s events overall and earning the Tiger Cup.

DEXTER — SAD 46 has launched a $250,000 field lighting project, making the announcement on Feb.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A new push to cap hospital charges in Maine could make health care more affordable — but hospitals warn it could lead to service cuts or even closures.

Grade 12, high honors: Serenity Elizabeth Adams, Emma Grace Webb Alden, Madyson Armstrong, Alexis Marie Burdin, Shannon Chartier, Seunghyun Jason Cheon, Addie Day, Keaten Dale Eakright, Sadie Jane Estes, Tanyon R.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department now has an automated CPR device in both of its ambulances thanks to the generosity of the Hibbard-Merrill Family.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Sports Editor BANGOR — It wasn’t always pretty, but the Mattanawcook Academy did enough to get the victory on Saturday night Feb.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Foxcroft Academy sophomore Nola Mason got in foul trouble in the second quarter  and acknowledged that “I couldn’t really do much.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — The Roxanne Quimby Foundation recently announced a $50,000 donation to the Greenville Junction Depot Friends.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — When the Piscataquis County Ice Arena opened its doors in 2019, young hockey players had the opportunity to lace up their skates and pick up a stick as they learned the sport through the Penquis Youth Hockey Association.

GUILFORD — For the second year in a row, due to low numbers for a team of their own, Piscataquis Community High School baseball players will travel down Route 23 to be part of the neighboring Dexter Regional High School Tigers under a cooperative agreement.