By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is about to get its first major license plate update since Bill Clinton sat in the Oval Office.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester at Grove City College: Andrew Marston, a senior computer science major from Dover-Foxcroft, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Empathy and kindness were the traits recognized during the month of February for the SeDoMoCha School’s Students in the Spotlight honorees, with humor being the trait recognized for staff members.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A project manager to oversee the improvement of the Piscataquis County emergency radio system was approved by the Piscataquis County Commissioners during a Tuesday morning meeting.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff An unusual mix of gun control proponents and opponents are backing a proposal to protect people who agree to hold onto firearms for others from legal liability.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District offers an annual Tree and Plant Sale, which features a wide variety of vegetable seedlings, annual and perennial flowers, fruits, flowering shrubs, apple trees, American chestnut trees, homesteading goods and more! We source our plants from local farms and our homesteading products are sourced from local businesses.

On the day five years ago that businesses all across Maine went dark due to COVID-19, the award-winning Finding Our Voices campaign breaking the silence of domestic abuse came to light.

The Children’s Summer Drama Camp, launched in 1999 before the Center Theatre building had even been renovated, is the theatre’s longest-standing program.

The red carpet was rolled out on the evening of March 3 as more than 1,000 credit union industry representatives gathered in the ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, D.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill that would have eliminated year-round hunting of coyotes was voted ought-not-to-pass Monday afternoon, March 17 by the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

By Jon Knepp, Thompson Free Library director of library services Thompson Free Library and the Dover Foxcroft Historical Society are proud to announce that our Sponsor the Observer campaign has been successfully completed thanks to the generosity of 34 individuals, organizations and businesses donating a total of $4,900.

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce is pleased to partner with the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp and Eastern Maine Development Corp to bring the 2025 Piscataquis County Job Fair to Guilford this year.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine residences that have installed heat pumps are seeing up to 60 percent savings compared with fossil fuels on their average yearly energy bills, according to a new study released by a nonprofit energy efficiency group.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Careers in healthcare can be very rewarding, but sometimes, travel to a distant classroom and the cost of courses are barriers to completing training.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Flora Sands, a 75-year resident of Dover-Foxcroft, was honored at her 99th birthday party, with receiving the town’s Boston Post Cane.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The state of Maine is violating people’s Constitutional rights by not providing them lawyers in a timely fashion, a March 7 court ruling said.

GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate a number of students named to the fall 2024 dean’s list, for attaining a grade point average of 3.

By Kaitlyn Budoin, Maine Public A federal judge has denied Attorney General Aaron Frey’s request to reinstate Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases while the case is appealed.