Photo courtesy of Monique Johnston HONORED ARTIST — Foxcroft Academy senior Conner Johnston was recently honored at the Portland Museum of Art as part of the 2024 Youth Art Month celebration in March.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC MIOSAC Club met Tuesday, March 19 with 11 members and one guest present.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library April is shaping up to be a series of very fortunate events at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School held the March Student in the Spotlight Assembly on Tuesday, March 26.

If you’re lucky enough to witness Maine’s first total solar eclipse since the 1960s on April 8, you’ll need special glasses to protect your eyes from the sun.

Excitement is building in the Maine Highlands Region for one of the most rare and spectacular sights that nature has to offer.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Two credit rating agencies lowered their scores for Bangor’s largest health care system last week due to its substantial financial losses in recent years.

Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, Portland Sea Dogs, and Wicked Whoopies achieved the longest line of whoopie pies on June 9, 2023 in Portland.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will vote in June on whether to remove the historic Mayo Mill dam and build a riverfront park.

Grade eight, high honors: Lexi Bjornson-Burgess, Harloe Boulier, Effie Brochu, Ava Dunton, Nolan Guthrie, Jaedon Haack, Ryleigh Herbest, Charles Johnston, Alicen Kane, Kendall Killam; honors: Henry Day, Sophia Day, Zoey Eakright, Mason Hachey, Ella Hutchinson, Annabelle Turgeon.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff While Mainers pull the final elements together for total solar eclipse festivities next month, for some folks, this is not their first go-round with such a rare celestial event.

DOVER-FOXCROFT— This June, the Center Theatre and Bissell Brothers Brewing are thrilled to bring a spectacular event to the Piscataquis County Ice Arena that promises to dazzle and delight audiences of all ages.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board voted to accept a recommendation from the Mayo Mill Dam steering committee that removing the dam and connecting facilities and building a riverfront park is in the town’s best interests moving forward.

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By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine judge who failed field sobriety tests with a blood alcohol content nearly double the legal limit was acquitted of operating under the influence after a jury trial.

DEXTER — Students from six schools across the region wanting to make a difference came together to take part in workshops, share what they are doing, and brainstorm ideas all focused on leading positive change in their schools and communities at the Positive Action Team Summit on Friday, March 22 at Dexter Regional High School.

By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff State evaluators failed to carefully review bids by two local organizations competing against an out-of-state company for a massive contract to arrange transportation for Medicaid patients who have no other ride to medical appointments, the nonprofits’ attorneys argued before an appeal panel last week.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill awaiting the governor’s signature will require two of the state’s departments that deal with fisheries to be responsible for a plan to keep invasive species from taking over waters important to native fish.