State of Maine Offices in Aroostook, Hancock, Washington, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset counties to open at 11 a.

Tides to Pines, a Maine-based vacation rental and hospitality company, is deepening its presence in the Greenville and Moosehead Lake region, where it will now steward 65 homes.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Bill Zimmerman, an assistant teaching professor of public relations at Penn State University, officially filed a proposal with the Unicode Consortium to create a whoopie pie emoji.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s highest court revisited the issue of ranked-choice voting April 1 as groups push to use the process in gubernatorial elections.

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center has submitted the preliminary subdivision application for its 28-unit housing development on Spruce Street to the Greenville Planning Board.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

We at Allagash Tails are pleased to present our newest book “The Allagash-A Hard Road to Wilderness”.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice and the Center Theatre are pleased to announce the launch of “Betcha Didn’t Know,” a free, monthly public speaker series.

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.