By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MILO — Elaine Poulin worked for the state government for 30 years with regular hours and a decent benefits package.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Beth Stephens has created so many works of art during the 10 years she’s lived in Maine that she ran out of room in her home.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     SEBEC — School had been in session for four days when RSU 68 officials held their September board meeting on Sept.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Even though it’s a few weeks before autumn, the Friends of Squaw Mountain are already thinking about snow, and plenty of it.

    BANGOR — United Way of Eastern Maine has announced that John Dougherty is the new campaign cabinet chair and Gregory Sirois will serve as the new vice chair.

    MONSON — Kary Lyman, a local  Tastefully Simple consultant, recently was honored at “Party Palooza,” the direct selling company’s national conference held this month in Minneapolis, Minn.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Thanks to a sizeable grant from Lowe’s Home Improvement along with donations of equipment, cash and labor from local residents, the Greenville Consolidated Schools industrial arts (IA) center has a fresh new look this year.

Saturday, Aug.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met Aug.

    ABBOT — Bangor Daily News columnist Roxanne Moore Saucier will be the guest speaker at the upcoming meeting of the Abbot Historical Society Tuesday Aug.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — When a local business treats customers like they’re family and goes out of their way to be helpful, you can’t go wrong.

    GUILFORD — A few years ago, Terry and Andy Lovell’s son, Logan, was involved in a serious auto accident and had to be transported to the trauma center at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor via a LifeFlight helicopter.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Shawn Hanners of Dover-Foxcroft has become an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc.

    AUGUSTA — Mainers are urged to take advantage of a free opportunity to dispose of banned or unusable pesticides that they may have in their homes or elsewhere on their properties.

    DEXTER — Bees are important pollinators to crops and essential to the environment.

    SEBEC — The Sebec Village Associates are pleased to once again be hosting a fantastic all-you-can-eat breakfast in conjunction with a spectacular silent auction on Saturday, Aug.

By Mark PutnamStaff Writer     SEBEC — Citizens gave their approval to a municipal budget of just over $554,654 for the 2013-14 fiscal year during the annual town meeting on Monday at the Harland A.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the start of school less than a month away, many students in the region are in need of classroom supplies beyond the reach of their families.