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RSU 68 officials looking at $12M budget

Grade 6-8 students to attend four days in-person after April vacation DOVER-FOXCROFT — RSU 68 officials are looking at a proposed 2021-22 budget totaling $12,021,863.

Puritan thinks COVID-19 testing swabs will be in demand even as vaccines pick up

By David Marino Jr.

Northern Light has turned Bangor’s Cross Center into a well-oiled vaccination machine

By David Marino Jr.

For small Maine police forces, low morale and few applicants are problems that compound each other

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff For years, police departments have been finding it increasingly difficult to find qualified applicants for patrol officer positions.

Dover-Foxcroft town meeting set for April 24

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will gather at 9 a.

Fraudulent mass texts in Piscataquis County show how disinformation has infiltrated local politics

By David Marino Jr.

With fewer volunteers, more Maine towns look to neighbors to fight their fires

By David Marino Jr.

In Piscataquis County, commissioners’ anti-mask vote has created a fraught political climate

By David Marino Jr.

Piscataquis County Ice Arena vaccination site up and running

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Health’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena on West Main Street, operated through a partnership with Foxcroft Academy and the Libra Foundation, is up and running following the first day on Friday, March 19.

TIF could be part of Moosehead Lake ski resort project

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Development of a ski resort with year-round attractions on 1,700 acres overlooking Moosehead Lake in the unorganized territory outside of Greenville could include tax increment financing, in which new value goes back into the project.

Low-cost insulating window inserts available

Before temperatures warm and the pain of winter fuel costs is forgotten, local Window Dressers volunteers want to measure your windows for warmer, less expensive winters to come.

Musher and team finish 280-mile expedition in honor of heroic sled dog Togo

By Jessica Potila, St.

Piscataquis County Ice Arena vaccination site opens Friday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Through a partnership between Foxcroft Academy, the Libra Foundation and Northern Light Health, 500 patients per day to start can easily and safely receive their COVID-19 vaccinations at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena on West Main Street.

Bike trails coming to the Moosehead region

For the past three years a group of dedicated Greenville residents has been working diligently on the region becoming a major mountain bike destination area.

How to know if you are ready to buy a home

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff The idea of purchasing a home is alluring.

A guide to the $6B coming to Maine in the massive stimulus bill

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine can expect substantial benefits from the new coronavirus stimulus package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday, with more than $6 billion coming in for various programs, according to an estimate.

PCHS track to be refurbished, thanks to Gordon Contracting

GUILFORD — The athletic field at Piscataquis Community High School will have a replaced track circling the soccer field, thanks to the generosity of Gordon Contracting.

Dexter athletes take turns broadcasting basketball championship livestreams

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Last Friday’s Penobscot Valley Conference Penquis pod basketball championships weren’t merely a chance to win a title for several student-athletes at Dexter Regional High School.

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