Contributed photoSOUPER BOWL DAY OF GIVING — The Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church Sunday School youth held a Souper Bowl Day of Giving, Tackle Hunger (a nationwide effort to provide food and resources to food centers) food drive on Sunday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s outdoor recreation economy has generally happened on its own, but the state has a plan to more deliberately grow it 10 percent in as many years.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 14th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s attorney general is appealing a recent court decision that suspended a new law requiring gun buyers to wait three days before taking possession of the firearm.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A week after the opening of the Piscataquis Area Community Center at 48 Park St.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor As the nomination of Robert F.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 1975 Class B championship Foxcroft Academy basketball team star Kevin Nelson and head coach Skip Hanson joined author David Albee at the Center Theatre for a book launch on Feb.

MILO — What do alpacas, camels, goats, and sheep have in common with corn silk, cotton bolls, kitty cats, and silk worms? The answer is: they all provide fibers for spinners and knitters.

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits to maintaining its ailing dam on the Piscataquis River to federal standards, officials said at a meeting in early February.

PORTLAND — Continuing its mission of bringing joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributed more than $3 million over the course of 2024 to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations operating across the Northeast region, including nearly $267,000 in Maine.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It started out as a curiosity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts has announced that it has opened a new escape room in their small theater called “The Lair of the Gamemaster”.

What: The 21st Annual Chocolate Festival in Greenville organized by Destination Moosehead Lake.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal judge on Feb.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting online informational sessions for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2023 train derailment in rural Somerset County that spilled 500 gallons of diesel fuel was caused by excessive water that flowed through a beaver dam and washed out part of the track, state officials said Wednesday, Feb.

GUILFORD — Facility committees from both SAD 4 and the Dexter-based SAD 46 will begin meeting to plan for the new regional comprehensive high school application through the Maine Department of Education.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The fourth annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.