Nominations are now open for the 2023 County Teachers of the Year and 2024 State Teacher of the Year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents and businesses can expect an increase in disposal fees starting in February.

DEXTER — For the safety of all involved, the fishing portion of the Dexter Fish & Game Association’s annual Ice Fishing Derby that had been scheduled for this weekend has been canceled due to poor ice conditions on Lake Wassookeag.

ORONO — State food safety specialist and UMaine alumnus Jason Bolton has been named associate dean at University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

By Larry Mahoney and Adam Robinson, Bangor Daily News Staff During a boys basketball game at Calais High School, a player on the opposing team who had donated blood earlier in the day passed out on the court.

MONSON — Monson Arts, an art center and artist residency program located in Monson, opens the winter exhibition, “Artists of the Maine Highlands: Today and Tomorrow.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings celebrated the holiday season with their second annual “Season of Giving” by donating $20,000 to 20 local nonprofits.

The sixth annual WinterKids Winter Games begins next week with 15 schools competing statewide to win a total of $30,000 for their schools! Milo Elementary School will be representing Piscataquis County.

GREENVILLE — An omnibus funding package passed by Congress includes more than $308 million for nearly 200 projects across Maine, including several in Greenville.

Adrienne Clarke of Dover-Foxcroft and Suzannah Sinclair of Greenville are the newest members of the Maine Community Foundation’s Piscataquis County Grantmaking Committee.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor region’s largest health care system will turn to a national company to manage most behind-the-scenes administrative functions, in one of Northern Light Health’s latest money-saving moves to bounce back from the financial toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GREENVILLE — Five adjacent lots on East Road, just after Stagecoach Road near the Greenville Municipal Airport, can be rezoned from the rural district into the rural development 2 district, following a special town meeting vote on Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital welcomed a special delivery on Tuesday, Jan.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff The new year will bring savings for Mainers who want to switch to clean energy under the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress in August.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Recent moves by the Bangor region’s largest health care system to scale back or sell off services signal that Northern Light Health is facing some of the same financial headwinds as health care systems across the U.

Bangor Daily News file photo AUGERING WELL — Space is a premium these days at Frye Cove on Lake Wassookeag as fishermen stand nearly shoulder to shoulder, all seeking that trophy fish.

GREENVILLE — An iconic steamboat built in 1914 — and the oldest Bath Iron Works vessel still operating — is undergoing a number of preservation efforts to ensure it continues cruising Moosehead Lake in the future.

Camden National Bank announced that its Hope@Home program has reached the milestone of $700,000 in unrestricted funds donated to over 50 homeless shelters throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.