By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Neal Cartonio landed a trophy lake trout on Moosehead Lake on Monday.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A series of eight donated watercolors will take one of Maine’s most popular lumber museums into a new era.

DEXTER — A sum of $30,000 added to the 2026-27 Dexter-area school budget at the May public meeting will fund a nurse assistant for the Ridge View Community School.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A day of brook trout fishing and sightseeing in northern Maine turned into a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounter for Todd and Elvia Malcolm of Lincoln.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor This was simply a scouting mission.

Adam Smith of Dexter, who teaches at the Tri-County Technical Center, played disc golf for 24 hours straight on Saturday, June 20, at Black Stream Disc Golf on Burrough Road in Sangerville.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board has approved a project bid for repairs and improvements of the Lincoln Street bridge by the intersection with North Street.

GUILFORD — Puritan Medical Products — America’s swab experts — announced that the company is the lead sponsor of the Piscataquis River Festival, an annual day of celebration for the local community.

PORTLAND – The Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, founded by former U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce announced that approximately 9,000 people attended the 2026 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds on June 13.

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On Saturday, June 20, Adam Smith of Dexter will play disc golf for 24 hours straight at Black Stream Disc Golf on Burrough Road in Sangerville.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A year after two hikers died on Katahdin, their family returned to the area to thank the rangers who found the pair after a multi-day search.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth graders had the opportunity to see some of what they have been learning applied in the real world with a field trip to three dam sites across town.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A dream has come true for a Dover-Foxcroft couple, combining farming, physical fitness and mental wellbeing and their Christian faith.

DEXTER — Voters in the Dexter-area approved a proposed 2026-27 school budget of more than $16.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voters in the Dover-Foxcroft-area school district approved a proposed 2026-27 near $15.

GUILFORD — Voters in the Guilford-area school district approved a proposed 2026-27 $9.