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Fed up with poor internet, rural Maine towns team up to tackle problem

Tired of dealing with poor internet connectivity, town officials and residents in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties formed their own coalition to bring broadband to their regions.

EMDC announces $600,000 WIOA youth contract in Northeastern Maine

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation was awarded $600,000 to provide workforce development services to young people and businesses in Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties.

3 months after Piscataquis rejected broadband funding, official couldn’t communicate during earthquake

DOVER-FOXCROFT — When a minor earthquake shook Sebec more than a week ago, Piscataquis County’s Emergency Management Agency director couldn’t get online to notify and update residents because of the spotty internet where she lives.

Piscataquis County’s new hire will play role internet and ski resort issues

The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council has hired a new executive director at a time when big decisions that will affect the county’s future are pending.

Partners for Peace navigates peaks and valleys in work to end domestic violence

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like many other organizations across the state and beyond, those involved with Partners for Peace — the domestic violence resource center for Piscataquis and Penobscot counties — did their best to navigate the pandemic.

Inaugural Schoodic Lake Polar Dip benefits Brownville Days

Contributed photo DIP IN SCHOODIC LAKE – The ice was barely out of Schoodic Lake on Sunday when the Brownville Days Committee sponsored the first Schoodic Lake Polar Dip to benefit events set for July 22-24.

Black bear shot and dumped in river in LaGrange

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff LAGRANGE – The illegal killing of a black bear in the Penobscot County town of LaGrange is under investigation by the Maine Warden Service.

Maine Highlands FCU sunflowers raise $3,000 for Ukraine

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU BENEFIT SUNFLOWERS – Monty Moose, mascot for Maine Highlands FCU, poses in Dover-Foxcroft with several “sunflowers” that were sold to raise funds for Ukraine.

Nearly 1,000 volunteers were key to vaccinating thousands at Northern Light’s mass clinics

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly 1,000 volunteers were a key part of the effort last year to set up and staff COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the 10-hospital Northern Light Health network.

Piscataquis County program could connect rural residents to internet

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis residents in rural areas who don’t have internet could soon be connected under a new county program.

Piscataquis commissioners threaten to cut group’s funding over broadband fight

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners, frustrated with the county’s economic development council’s former leader and his focus on broadband, debated this week whether to cut the group’s funding.

Pan Am and CSX’s merger the latest in long history of Maine railways changing hands

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Pan Am Railways, Maine’s largest rail operator, will merge with Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX Transportation, the fourth-largest rail transportation company in the U.

Evans treats man after pacemaker shock at State House rally

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A man was taken to a local hospital but in good condition after his pacemaker shocked him at a State House rally on April 11 that police said likely happened because of interference from a sound system.

Sunflower raffle raises $4,800 for the Ukraine

Photo courtesy of Center Theatre SUNFLOWER WINNER – Artist Laurie Sproul of Brownville gives her hand-carved sunflower to Clayton Cole from Corinth.

Maine Highlands FCU contributes to Dyer’s Hope House

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU ENDING HUNGER DONATION – Darcie Burch with Maine Highlands FCU presented a donation to John Cram with Dyer’s Hope House in Milo on April 8.

Maine hospitals are swamped with patients who avoided them during pandemic peak

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The National Guard members brought in as reinforcements while Maine hospitals buckled under a surge in COVID-19 cases and staff absences have departed, and the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients statewide is at less than a quarter of its mid-January peak.

Pine Tree Hospice Variety Show returns April 30

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The show must go on! After a two-year hiatus, Pine Tree Hospice’s 26th annual Variety Show is back on Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.

Work continues on regional high school structure

MILO – Officials from SAD 41 and three other area school districts continue to work on a regional comprehensive high school project.

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