1 year ago Maine Credit Unions launch Meals for Mainers fundraiser during the holiday season To help make the holiday season brighter for food insecure residents across the state, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is bringing back its Holiday Meals for Mainers initiative.
1 year ago Piscataquis County hospitals and healthcare professionals recognized as Maine Rural Healthcare Community Stars AUGUSTA — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital and Nikki Chadwick, RN, MSN, CPHQ, a healthcare leader from Northern Light Mayo Hospital were among a handful of organizations and individuals honored as Rural Healthcare Community Stars at a National Rural Health Day ceremony at the State House on Nov.
1 year ago PCEDC annual meeting will recognize Myrick Award winner Maas DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is pleased to announce its choice for the 2023 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award, Christopher Maas of Dover-Foxcroft.
1 year ago Special town meeting for Greenville housing district set for Dec. 6 GREENVILLE — A special town meeting concerning a proposed multigenerational housing district on Spruce Street will be held at 6 p.
1 year ago Camden National Bank employees collect donations for nonprofits CAMDEN – Camden National Bank has announced a community donation of more than 9,000 school supplies to nonprofits across Northern New England.
1 year ago Piscataquis County Democrats contribute financially to Piscataquis Regional Food Center The Piscataquis County Democrats continue their mission of helping those with food insecurity.
1 year ago Golden announces $1.2 M for rural law enforcement hiring, school safety projects WASHINGTON, D.
1 year ago Community invited to join in 12 Days of Gratitude Food Drive to benefit children and families GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is joining the Moosehead Lake Kiwanis Club in fighting food insecurity in Greenville and surrounding communities by holding a 12 Days of Gratitude food drive from Nov.
1 year ago Commissioners looking at bids for dispatch center location DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twice last year the Piscataquis County Commissioners put out to bid a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford.
1 year ago Window Dressers completes 2023 build, look forward to 2024 DEXTER — Mission accomplished! Two hundred and 75 insulating interior window inserts are now snugly fitted into the Masonic Hall in Dexter, a daycare in Greenville, and 41 private homes and apartments in 17 communities throughout the highlands region.
1 year ago Nov. 15 hearing set for Greenville housing district GREENVILLE — The public will have the opportunity to weigh in a proposed Spruce Street housing project with a hearing set for 5 o’clock on Wednesday, Nov.
1 year ago Northern Light Health acknowledges Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November Did you know… Every 3.
1 year ago Regional planning commission established Eastern Maine Development Corporation recently launched the Penobscot and Piscataquis Regional Planning Commission, attended by state and regional leaders representing both counties.
1 year ago County officials planning for influx of solar eclipse visitors DOVER-FOXCROFT — Around 3:30 p.
1 year ago Manhunt could affect the opening of firearms season for deer By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is discussing whether to postpone opening day of firearms season for deer because of a massive manhunt in central Maine.
1 year ago Overlay would help set up housing project GREENVILLE — For more than a year the Northern Forest Center has been working on a Spruce Street housing project with the town of Greenville, Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp.
1 year ago With few other options, rural police send their homeless to Bangor By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Three different police agencies spanning 150 miles across Maine said they send the homeless people they encounter to Bangor, reflecting a broader pattern of Maine cities bearing more of the responsibility for responding to the state’s homelessness crisis.