By Aislinn Sarnacki “I can hear the water!” my 9-year-old niece called out as she skipped down the trail, launching off one rock and onto the next.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Many stores, restaurants and hotels in Maine said they will follow federal mask recommendations mirrored by Gov.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Selectboard set a mill rate of $21.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Symbolism may be found in just about any item, and the source for a group of Brownville Junction High School alums and community members was a scoreboard.

BROWNVILLE — A piece of Brownville’s past has been brought back to life.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A move up West Main Street has enabled Vision Care of Maine to expand into a larger space at 1012 West Main Street, next to Dollar Tree.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SUMMERFEST BOAT RACE — The Anything Floats race returned as part of Monson Summerfest on Saturday, July 17, with competitors racing their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock.

DEXTER — Earlier in the month 80 teenagers and adults from around the country spent close to a week in Dexter working on 13 home projects at no cost for area residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs made.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — You are in the midst of a yoga pose when you feel a slight nudge and something hairy brushing against your body.

For the second time in three years, volunteers from around the country spent nearly a week in and around Dexter from July 5 to 9 working on 13 home projects at no cost to residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs done.

BROWNVILLE — Several years ago the Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society came into possession of the basketball scoreboard from Brownville Junction High School.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Outbid last year on a home in Greenville, Scott Merrill instead bought land to build a house.

DEXTER — Around 80 teenagers and adults will arrive in Dexter on July 4 to work on and improve homes of the elderly, disabled and other residents.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A vacancy on the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board will be filled on the November ballot, as the town officials signed the paperwork for the municipal election to take place at the polls on Tuesday, Nov.

By Lydia Gauvin Editor’s note: Lydia Gauvin recently completed her eighth-grade year at Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo.

GREENVILLE — The location will stay the same on the Pritham Avenue campus near the shores of Moosehead Lake to serve residents and visitors to the region alike, but much of the existing Northern Light CA Dean Hospital will be replaced with new modern facilities in 2022-23.

The Piscataquis County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $43,500 in grants to five nonprofit organizations.

Throughout the month of June anglers of all abilities are encouraged to cast for Fishing Across Maine, a fundraiser for Wayside Food Programs and to help end food insecurity across the state.