Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it will be coordinating its second annual Holiday Meals for Mainers fundraiser.

Community Health and Counseling Services has officially launched the Christopher Paul Pickering Pay It Forward fund.

Complex emotions among middle-schoolers are nothing new, but the sadness and hopelessness of students in two of Maine’s poorest counties prior to the COVID-19 pandemic have health officials and youth advocates concerned.

BANGOR — Rape Response Services, a Penquis subsidiary, will be having a dessert auction on Friday, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is pleased to announce its choice for the 2022 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award, William “Bill” Thompson of Guilford.

A Superior Court justice has ordered Eastern Maine Railway to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to five Piscataquis County towns whose firefighters responded to fires beside the railroad tracks in May.

SANGERVILLE — Northern Light Primary Care, Sangerville welcomes Shawn Marie Higgins, DO, to its provider team.

Central Maine Power is proud to announce a donation of $50,000 to Operation Reboot Outdoors.

MONSON — Monson Arts – an art center and artist residency program — is seeking art for their winter exhibition, “Artists of the Maine Highlands, Today and Tomorrow.

With great pride, the Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness announces Jennifer Thompson as our new executive director.

Matthew Marston, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCOP, vice president of Pharmacy for Northern Light Health, was recently awarded the Marco Gasbarrone Award from the Maine Society of Health System Pharmacists.

With the need for speech-language pathology services growing in Piscataquis County, Northern Light CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals are pleased to welcome Maria Brochu, SLP, speech-language pathologist, to our healthcare team.

CAMDEN — Coalition Greenwich, a division of S&P Global’s analytics company CRISIL, has named Camden National Bank a 2022 Customer Experience Leader.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is seeking financial support from Piscataquis County to help maintain the trail and fund crew members who oversee popular spots like Gulf Hagas.

By Julie Harris, Staff Writer The staff from Bangor Daily News’ four Aroostook and one Piscataquis county weeklies took home several writing, photography and design awards from the Maine Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest held in Bar Harbor on Oct.

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Photo courtesy of Northern Light Mayo Hospital MAYO EMERGENCY HALLOWEEN — The crew at Northern Light Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft was in a festive mood for Halloween.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital employees are joining the Moosehead Lake Kiwanis Club in fighting food insecurity in Greenville and surrounding communities by holding a 12 Days of Gratitude food drive from Nov.