DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional Food Center has received a $10,000 grant from the Roger N.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital announces its beloved Bike and Boat fundraiser is now open for registration.

GREENVILLE — As a potential way for Greenville to be proactive before any large-scale development projects come before the town, a moratorium ordinance may be added to the larger existing land use ordinance.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital recently honored a nurse and a certified nursing assistant for excellence in care during National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week.

MILO — This academic year nearly 50 Milo Elementary and Brownville Elementary students have gotten together after school for the BearCats program, an amalgamation of the school’s Bears and Bobcats mascots.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative and Maine TREE have organized a Green Jobs Fair for two area middle school classes, Piscataquis Community Elementary School sixth grade and SeDoMoCha Middle School seventh grade.

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Land Use Planning Commission is studying short-term rental activity in the Commission’s service area and seeking public input on potential regulatory options.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2015 law that shielded records on hazardous materials transported by rail in Maine is on the chopping block under a quick response from lawmakers to the train derailment in the Moosehead Lake region in April.

GREENVILLE — Destination Moosehead Lake is celebrating spring with Moose Mainea! The Moose Mainea 5K, 10K, and Kids Fun Race will be held on Saturday, June 3 in Greenville near the shores of Moosehead Lake.

Maine Savings Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of Janine Tremble to vice president of community engagement & impact.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The JD Foundation will hold its seventh annual Walk/Run to Wake the Silence on the morning of Saturday, June 3.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Jan.

DEXTER — Dollar General is excited to announce its store at 33 Spring Street in Dexter is now open.

DEXTER — For the second time in 2023 the Dexter Town Council amended its ordinance on marijuana businesses.

AUGUSTA — Sixteen Maine teachers were announced as 2023 County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony in the Hall of Flags at the Maine State Capitol during Teacher Appreciation Week  on May 11.

By Troy Bennett, Bangor Daily News Staff PORTLAND — When Sea Dogs shortstop Christian Koss and catcher Mickey Gasper, of the rival Somerset Patriots, faced off against each other May 10 at Hadlock Field, both swung Maine-made Dove Tail bats crafted in Shirley.

A program that launched in October 2021 has mostly reversed a major Maine hospital system’s shortage of emergency medical technicians after staffing dropped 30 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MILO — The Harrigan Learning Center and Museum will be opening for the season on  Wednesday, May 17 and then be open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.