DOVER-FOXCROFT — Eastern Area Agency on Aging services will now be more easily accessible in Piscataquis County.

GUILFORD — For the fifth time in six months, SAD 4 residents will head to the polls to vote on a budget for the 2025-26 academic year.

AUGUSTA — In recognition of her commitment to expand student aspirations and address Maine’s education workforce challenges, Gorham Superintendent Heather Perry — who formerly held the same position in the Greenville-based School Union 60 — has been named Maine’s 2026 Superintendent of the Year by the Maine School Superintendents Association.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Andrea Thurlow and Cindy Freeman Cyr, representing Piscataquis County Democrats, visited the Piscataquis Regional Food Center on Oct.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library As November drops, you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” Incredulous that once again we’re rushing around prepping for winter — with the holidays anxiously waiting in the wings.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassabec Genealogy Chapter will be holding a meeting on Sunday, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to announce that Kyrsten Sutton, MD, has successfully met the criteria and passed the examination necessary to earn The Menopause Society Certified Practitioner certification.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health’s new leader is confident that he can help bring long-term sustainability to the struggling health system.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff More than 250,000 people have toured the inside of Magan Reese’s home since she put it up for sale.

MILO – Mark and Eryn Savard, founders and owners of the new Three Rivers Residential Care Home in Milo, felt a burden to create a family-oriented assisted living facility that offers nutritious meals and personalized support with daily activities for individuals who need assistance but do not require the intensive medical care provided in a nursing home.

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News was named the state’s best daily newspaper for the second year in a row at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday in South Portland.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

Saturday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In just three years since assuming full ownership of the grocery store in downtown Guilford, the former Goulette’s IGA and Whitney’s Market, Eli’s Market and owner Eli Dunfee have been chosen as the 2025 Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is thrilled to announce a record-breaking year for its 5th Annual Cycl-a-thon, held on Saturday, Oct.

By Daniel O’Connor Residents of Greenville will decide whether to borrow $1 million to help build a recreational building that would support child care and preschool in a referendum this November.

The Piscataquis Observer’s Stuart Hedstrom picked up a total of eight awards among the state’s smaller weekly publications division from the Maine Press Association in the 2025 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, announced on Oct.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff A rustic cabin on a private island on Millinocket Lake with sweeping views of Katahdin is for sale for less than $300,000.