By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff Property owners in the state’s unorganized territory were shocked when they recently got word from the state revenue services that their home and land values had increased, in some cases more than doubling.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff An attempt to allow more charter schools in Maine briefly turned into an effort to block a new one from opening before both Democratic and Republicans agreed to hold off on changes.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is proud to announce it has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation.

GREENVILLE — Residents will decide the fate of a proposed amendment to the Greenville Land Use Ordinance at the annual town meeting on Monday, June 2.

SANGERVILLE — Sangerville officials are in the midst of evaluating what the community can afford for work on the town hall for the remainder of the year, after meeting with Skowhegan-based Wentworth Partnerships & Associates President and Senior Project Engineer Steve Govoni during a May 21 meeting at the first station.

GREENVILLE — The Blair Hill Overlook subdivision application was approved by the Greenville Planning Board during its May 21 meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Health announces the relocation of outpatient podiatry (foot and ankle) services from the Northern Light Health Center in Sangerville to Northern Light Orthopedics in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and RSU 68 are partnering to present a showcase of student work from the SeDoMoCha 21st Century After School Program.

GUILFORD — Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union will be hosting a paintball tournament on Saturday, May 31 at Flying Dutchman Paintball in Guilford.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Monitor will welcome a new Report for America corps member focused on a topic we need more reporting on: rural government.

The Maine Community Foundation announced the launch of a new initiative to strengthen Maine communities by ensuring strong, local news coverage in all parts of the state.

Gordon Contracting of Sangerville was awarded the Route 15 highway project from Abbot to Greenville by the Maine Department of Transportation.

Northern Light Mayo Hospital and Northern Light Medical Transport recently celebrated paramedic William “Bill” Zimmerman for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Maine EMS, a bureau of the Maine Department of Public Safety.

GREENVILLE — Registration is now open for the Forrest G.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A request for proposals for Piscataquis County’s $6.

MILO — With bids coming in over the $7.

MILO — Ninety-five years ago in 1930, a group of women with a common interest in gardening wanted to share their knowledge and talents with others in their small neighboring communities in Piscataquis County.

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