By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — When Eli Towne was the first permanent settler in Dover in 1803, the Piscataquis River flowed freely through town.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Front, from left, Baylee Packard, Bayleigh Wiggins, Laney Scott and Peyton Dodge.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The home addresses of Maine lawmakers are no longer listed on the Legislature’s website after a gunman killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and wounded another and his wife over the weekend.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to announce the donation of four new heated massage infusion chairs by Jane Hibbard Merrill in memory of her daughter, Tracy Hibbard Kasprzak.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff SEBEC — An earthquake hit near Sebec on June 12.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce announced that over 10,000 people attended the 2025 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds on June 14.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law on June 10.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — Andrew Marston, a senior computer science major at Grove City College from Dover-Foxcroft, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the spring 2025 semester.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces that five of the 16 recently named 2025 Maine County Teachers of the Year are Farmington graduates, having received their bachelor’s and/or master’s degree from UMF.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several GFWC Miosac Club members gathered at the home of Roxy McGlauflin to hear about her trip to Africa.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposal by the Dover Rovers ATV Club to have more Dover-Foxcroft roads open to ATV traffic to provide access to additional businesses and in turn draw more riders to town as well as creating a new designated ATV park and ride has been approved by the select board.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival is Piscataquis County’s largest one-day annual event.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents overwhelmingly voted not to invest millions to repair the Mayo Mill Dam.

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By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine pharmacies would no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products under a proposal that state lawmakers advanced Monday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Children can again eat free meals this summer at the SeDoMoCha School, 63 Harrison Avenue, when school is out.