By Kayci Willis, Maine TREE Foundation forest programs coordinator A tree farm near Brownville is gaining attention for being managed entirely by women.

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.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE YEAR — On Friday, June 7 Dexter Regional High School awarded Students of the Year at the annual Senior Assembly.

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.

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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Five students were presented with Horizon Scholarships by Tom Lizotte of the Board of Trustees at Foxcroft Academy on May 15.

Photos courtesy of Friends of Community Fitness FISHING TRIP — Piscataquis Community Elementary School fourth-graders had the opportunity to go on a fishing trip to Kiwanis Park in Dover-Foxcroft on May 23.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff It used to be easy to find a camp in rural Maine.

OLD TOWN — The Foxcroft Academy boys finished in third place at the 2024 Penobscot Valley Conference small school outdoor track and field championship on Friday, May 25 at Old Town High School.

A new program aims to speed up and personalize job searches for residents of the Maine county with the state’s highest rate of unemployment.

A Maine developer is reviving his plans to redevelop a partially defunct ski resort in Piscataquis County.

GUILFORD — Whenever the emergency dispatchers with the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office answer the phone, they never know what type of call may be coming in.

FREEPORT — Five women from the GFWC Miosac Club in Dover-Foxcroft attended the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Maine Spring Convention at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport May 9-10.

ABBOT — For a decade and a half Atlantic salmon have been an endangered species in many Maine waterways.

MILO — The town of Milo is currently in the planning stages of a new building to house the fire, police, and public works departments.

Photo courtesy of Henry Wagner NORTHERN LIGHTS — Katahdin pictured under the northern lights.

Milo will hold a special election June 3 to fill four vacancies on its Select Board after a cluster of resignations over the last week left just one member on the board.