By Murray Carpenter, Maine Public After a series of electricity rate hikes, some Maine ratepayers will see some relief starting in January.

Piscataquis County’s commissioners face big decisions about which area groups to fund with next year’s budget projected to be up nearly 9 percent.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s deer biologist said Monday he expects the harvest to be less than last year’s all-time high, but more than the 10-year average of 29,000.

AARP Foundation is currently recruiting passionate people throughout Maine to join its Tax-Aide volunteer team for the 2024 tax season.

By Kaitlyn Budion, Maine Public Maine’s outdoor economy grew by more than 16 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to the U.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will consider rolling back strict new rules requiring Mainers to disconnect fossil fuel-burning furnaces and boilers to claim the largest heat pump incentives.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine law that prohibits making certain types of threatening statements is likely unconstitutional following a U.

DOVER–FOXCROFT — After opting to table a decision on a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford, the Piscataquis County Commissioners opted to go with the low bid of three during a meeting on Nov.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, in collaboration with longtime conservation partner the Appalachian Mountain Club, celebrated the removal of one of the final remaining fish passage barriers on the West Branch of the Pleasant River, allowing species like the federally endangered Atlantic salmon and brook trout to swim freely upstream to spawn once again.

To help make the holiday season brighter for food insecure residents across the state, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is bringing back its Holiday Meals for Mainers initiative.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is pleased to announce its choice for the 2023 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award, Christopher Maas of Dover-Foxcroft.

MILO — Three Rivers Kiwanis hosts a craft from 9 a.

The U.

The Piscataquis County Democrats continue their mission of helping those with food insecurity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twice last year the Piscataquis County Commissioners put out to bid a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford.

MILO — Three Rivers Kiwanis will be thanking veterans by offering a free turkey dinner for veterans and their families on Saturday, Nov.

GUILFORD — A team of Valley Granger members led by Walter Boomsma is delivering over 200 dictionaries to local area schools during the next several weeks.

Did you know… Every 3.