BANGOR – Northern Light Health is proud to recognize June as Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia while promoting strategies for lifelong brain health.

SANGERVILLE — Sangerville Town Manager Brian Mullis is back on the job after being on medical leave for much of 2026.

MILO — The Town of Milo invites the public to join a day of fun and festivities at the annual Black Fly Festival on Saturday, June 6.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County will repair Ski Resort Road leading up Big Moose Mountain.

Students in grades 3-4 at Brownville Elementary School and grades 5-6 at Penquis Valley Middle School were recently recognized for their outstanding effort, aspirations and writing skills through the annual Maine College Circle Scholarship Program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A dream has come true for a Dover-Foxcroft couple, combining farming, physical fitness and mental wellbeing and their Christian faith.

DOVER-FOXCROFT— Piscataquis Regional Food Center is proud to announce it has been awarded funding from Maine Cancer Foundation to support “Nourish Piscataquis”, a new healthy eating and wellness initiative designed to improve access to nutritious foods and health education for rural residents experiencing food insecurity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Friends of Community Fitness proudly hosted its annual grade 4 fishing event for students from Piscataquis Community Elementary School on May 19 at Kiwanis Park.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Whoopie Pie Festival organizers recently presented their parking and traffic control plans for the June 13 event to the Town of Dover-Foxcroft protection committee and the select board.

By Jon Knepp, Thompson Free Library director DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thompson Free Library, located at 186 East Main St.

GREENVILLE — The Town of Greenville has been awarded an $11,110 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation for improvements to the park at the end of Preo Street on the east cove of Moosehead Lake.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Travel can be life-changing.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor People actually plan their vacations to Maine around black fly season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Piscataquis 4-H will offer “Introduction to Machine Sewing,” a three-session workshop held from 10–11:30 a.

By Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public  GREENVILLE — The town of Greenville has approved 28 new homes, intended to meet the demand from teachers, municipal staff and others who are struggling to find affordable housing in the Moosehead Lake region.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Lagrange fungi farmer Magan Mishio found her first patch of wild black morel mushrooms last week after years of fruitless searching.

SANGERVILLE — Two Knights Brewing is proud to announce the successful completion of its 5K fundraising race held on Saturday, May 16, raising $1,000 in support of Friends of Community Fitness in Guilford.