By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For the first time in seven years, the volunteers who maintain the Appalachian Trail in Maine will soon have a modern, comfortable and permanent place to spend their days off.

It will cost an estimated $27 million to expand broadband coverage to unserved areas in Piscataquis County, according to a new broadband planning report.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Leaders of the Maine Legislature on Friday released an initial schedule for a January return to the State House, again limiting in-person floor sessions, leaving lawmakers under a mask mandate and retaining virtual committee hearings.

Observer photo/Keri Foster FIND THE SHOP LOCAL TREE WINNER – Sue Killam, left, of Blanchard is the grand prize winner of the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree contest.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board authorized the demolition and removal of structures on the property at 72 Lincoln St.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – A week after residents of the four RSU 68 communities approved a referendum on Dec.

BANGOR – At Eastern Maine Development Corporation ’s annual board meeting, EMDC announced its 2021 awards recipients.

By Kristen Sutherland, Pine Tree Hospice Executive Director Giving care to someone with dementia is a complex and highly demanding labor of love.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre announced that due to the surge in COVID cases in the community they are reducing the seating capacity for each performance of their Christmas production.

By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County, Maine, and Stafford County, Virginia, are home to slightly more than 151,000 people.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is gearing up to provide vaccinations to eligible 16 and 17-year-olds following the recent announcement from the U.

The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund has awarded $93,500 in grants to 20 organizations across the state.

Grade 12, high honors: Alan Abolnik Ribe, Filip Brkic, Grace R.

Residents of the four RSU 68 communities — Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson and Sebec — approved a referendum on Dec.

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council recognized Rep.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A formal decision will be made after the bid process, but the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office may be equipping patrol vehicles with computers to enable tickets to be written electronically and for deputies to check information on site.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A man who allegedly threatened his recently deceased son’s significant other with a firearm was found dead in his son’s residence following a six-hour standoff with police on Friday.

BANGOR – As part of its ongoing commitment to enhancing the well-being of the communities it serves, the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has awarded $470,000 to Maine and New Hampshire-based nonprofit organizations; $247,500 will be granted this year, while another $222,500 will be distributed in the form of multi-year grants.