DOVER-FOXCROFT – On Thursday, Oct.

DEXTER — SAD 46 has been awarded a $1,430,069 Career and Technical Education Equipment Bond from the Maine Department of Education to help upgrade equipment for various programs at the Tri-County Technical Center.

EBEEMEE TOWNSHIP – Piscataquis County volunteer Victoria Flynn from Ebeemee Township has been announced as the Girl Scouts of Maine Volunteer of the Month for October.

AUGUSTA — Debora Rountree, director of University of Maine at Augusta East Millinocket Center, is the recipient of the Maine Development Foundation Honors 2024 Champion of Rural Economic Development Award.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several days after announcing that the Piscataquis Regional YMCA operations at 48 Park Street will be closing no later than Friday, Nov.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and election officials in other states are urging voters to return absentee ballots as soon as possible ahead of the Nov.

The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC in December (meeting invite and registration will be sent separately).

BROWNVILLE — Just in time for Fire Prevention Week, Oct.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff On a rainy summer day, Mainers gathered in parking lots from Doxer-Foxcroft to Yarmouth, carrying dozens of roosters in cat carriers, dog crates, boxes and children’s tents.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA Board of Directors has announced that the YMCA operations at 48 Park Street in Dover-Foxcroft will be closing no later than Friday, Nov.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine delegation asked the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid coverage on Oct.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Partners for Peace has several events planned for Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — After briefly discussing the topic at each of last month’s meetings, the Piscataquis County Commissioners approved the purchase of 16 cameras to add to the Piscataquis County Jail security system during a meeting on Tuesday morning, Oct.

BREWER — Breast Cancer Awareness Month has long been associated with the color pink.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In 2023 members of the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church set a goal for the church to be carbon neutral by the end of the year.