The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will discuss “Fire as a Forestry Management Tool” during a webinar on Wednesday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff With the quality and thickness of ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds being unreliable this year, it’s a good idea to be prepared for the worst when you go ice fishing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The third annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff President Joe Biden has declared the wind storm that lashed Maine in December a major disaster.

This secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.

BREWER — Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than a decade and a half has passed since the Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River in downtown Dover-Foxcroft has produced energy.

By Kim Brawn “There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $469,623 to 25 conservation initiatives around the state.

MONSON — Portraiture artist, painter, and entrepreneur Lydia Rose Spencer will be featured on Friday, Feb 2 from 4-6 p.

PRESQUE ISLE — Northern Maine Community College has released its dean’s list for the 2023 fall semester.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recognized the January Student in the Spotlight honorees during a Jan.

Husson University’s next president will be the first woman to lead the private institution in its 125-year history.

Nonprofit organizations in Piscataquis County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program.

AUGUSTA — Maine communities have one week left to nominate a teacher for 2024 County Teacher of the Year and 2025 State Teacher of the Year.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff How the gas tax money the state gives to the ATV, snowmobiling and boating communities toward upkeep of trails and boat facilities is distributed is the same proportions as it was in 2001, even though participation in the three motor sports has changed.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In the fall the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board began the process of dealing with a deteriorating property at 130 Pleasant Street.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – At the Center Theatre Board of Directors annual meeting on Jan.