DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board signed a building use agreement with the Maine Highlands Senior Center/Central Hall Commons during a meeting on Monday evening.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness had another successful year at the second annual Cycl-a-thon! Nearly 100 participants gathered in Guilford on Saturday, Oct.

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A Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in Orneville when it encountered a washout on the tracks long before daylight Wednesday, according to the Milo fire chief.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners rejected a proposal to bring broadband to residents, specifically those in unorganized territories, for the second time Tuesday.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Why does this building in Greenville have a roof shaped like a witch’s hat? A hundred years ago, trains passed through the town of Greenville on a nearly hourly basis, shuttling both passengers and Maine-made cargo like lumber, shoes, furniture and slate quarried in nearby Monson to and from destinations north to south.

GUILFORD — Instead of watching their teacher write on the whiteboard while they take notes, elementary students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School can see their lessons through the only 360-degree virtual reality room in a public school in Maine.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students whose emotions may be getting the best of them and are in need of a quiet place for a respite now have a place to go.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Another step toward connecting more unserved locations to high-speed broadband was taken with the approval of an application to the Maine Connectivity Authority that would use $106,650 in municipal ARPA funds.

By Ian Carey, Penquis Valley High School guidance counselor BANGOR — Fourteen girls from Penquis Valley High School and Piscataquis Community High School had the pleasure of attending the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute Fall Forum on Sept.

The board of directors of the Maine Running Hall of Fame named nine individuals who have made significant contributions to the sport of running in Maine.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff Donald Trump Jr.

MILO — Three Milo residents who died in service of their country during the Vietnam War have been memorialized with the naming of bridges in their honor.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SIGNS OF THE SEASON — Foliage is turning to autumn colors along the Piscataquis River in Dover-Foxcroft.

Piscataquis County will work with a team of University of Maine student researchers in Augusta and Presque Isle to become a victim of a cyberattack — on purpose.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft’s downtown offerings are about to become a touch sweeter and more nostalgic — and just in time for the holidays.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 superintendent and Foxcroft Academy head of school provided updates on the start of the academic year during the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board meeting Monday evening.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff This week’s question is a continuation of a question asked earlier in the summer about why Maine has a number of townships named for defunct Massachusetts schools.