By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer The group that maintains Big Moose Mountain in Greenville is clearing four trails that people last skied nearly two decades ago.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded four SAD 4 area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500 each for the 2023-24 school year.

MONSON — The Monson Gallery Store will have its grand opening on Friday, Aug.

By Nick Thomas As our summer in Maine winds down and we continue our photographic quest for moose while exploring the state, we recently stumbled on the captivating village of Kokadjo (pronounced co-CAD-jo) on the eastern side of Moosehead Lake.

Every county saw increase in tax revenue due to in-migration By Kathleen O”Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is the only state where every county gained income from 2020 to 2021, due to a swelling population during the COVID-19 pandemic when people fled large cities in favor of safer, more rural communities, a new study found.

GUILFORD— Through a collaboration with the Department of Economic and Community Development the Maine State Library will invest $2 million in Maine’s 255 public libraries to expand their capacity to provide targeted resources, services, and physical space to support remote and hybrid workers across the state.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For three decades the late Roger E.

By Aislinn Sarnacki From the stern of the canoe, I watched my niece as she dipped her paddle into the water at a diagonal tilt.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromAHOY MATEYS! — A Piscataquis Community High School Pirates float was part of the Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford on the morning of Saturday, July 29.

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By The Associated Press AUGUSTA  — A second arrest has been made in the investigation into a Maine corrections official accused of steering purchases to certain vendors in exchange for kickbacks in a long-running scheme, officials said.

GUILFORD — Organizers have released the final schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 29 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Two weeks after an unexpected shutdown of the McKay hydroelectric station that left portions of the West Branch of the Penobscot River below Ripogenus Dam at extremely low levels for an extended period, two hydro units remain out of service.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Surrounded by slate walls that reach up to 90 feet tall, Little Wilson Falls is one of the most impressive waterfalls — or series of waterfalls — in Maine.

By Paul Bagnell, The Star-Herald Staff FORT FAIRFIELD — Locals gathered under the humid open tent for the first-ever Potato Dish in the County cooking contest at the Maine Potato Blossom Festival.

MONSON — A musket and accompanying bayonet that had belonged to a Monson area veteran of the Civil War and had been a family heirloom for the last few decades, will now be a part of the Monson Historical Society.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom NOT DAMPENING THEIR ENTHUSIASM — Some young parade participants threw out candy during a parade to kick off Monson Summerfest on the morning of Saturday, July 15.