By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff HOULTON — A community conversation about consolidating two southern Aroostook high schools and a career and technical education center serving five area districts has been slated for April 7 at the Temple Theater in Houlton.

By Paula Brewer, The County Staff The Maine Department of Transportation will spend $4.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre announced that local Kiwanis Clubs are providing critical support for the upcoming 2026 Children’s Summer Drama Camps.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff John and Eileen Williams have added hundreds of taps to maple trees at Williams Family Farm in Clifton every year since first tapping two dozen or so in 2018.

People enrolled in Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s workforce development programs, including Progressive Employment and Jail Diversion Through Work and Wellness, felt supported after a roundtable conversation with Maine Corrections Commissioner Randy Liberty and Maine Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman.

By Sabrina Martin, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite coming under scrutiny in the past year because of Hancock County’s suspended probate judge, a bill to reform how probate judge positions are filled and overseen was rejected March 26 by the state Senate.

By Peter McGuire, Maine Public A new Maine law will require state utility regulators to focus on lowering consumer energy costs.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center program is pleased to receive a $750,000 grant from the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program.

AUGUSTA — Maine Arts Day was held at the State House earlier in the month.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft is pursuing an Opportunity Zone 2.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly three years after Drew Plantation ceased to be a town, the community is still in need of a shed to store salt used on local roads during winter months.

WESTBROOK — Maine Credit Unions are expanding their commitment to financial education with the launch of Volume 2 of their Adult Financial Education Curriculum: “Protecting Your Assets.

Photo courtesy of Walter BoomsmaHOT AND READY — An early spring tradition returned to Foxcroft Academy on Sunday morning, the 2026 Maple Sunday Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club in collaboration with Foxcroft Academy and the FA Key Club.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Psychologist Dannel H.

By Kim Brawn April gives us a taste of spring.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board gave approval to a permit for Owen J.

SANGERVILLE — Having had its application for a $250,000 Maine Historic Community Building Grant for the town hall turned down, Sangerville officials are looking to reapply in a second round of funding later in the year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre announced that it is the next stop in the Recovery in Maine screening series from Points North Institute.