DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners, frustrated with the county’s economic development council’s former leader and his focus on broadband, debated this week whether to cut the group’s funding.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are teaming up for PCSWCD’s spring installment of our Families in the Outdoors program, Fisheries Day.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Three major hospital construction projects will cost 40 percent more than initially thought as Northern Light Health encounters steep increases to the cost of labor and building materials.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The National Guard members brought in as reinforcements while Maine hospitals buckled under a surge in COVID-19 cases and staff absences have departed, and the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients statewide is at less than a quarter of its mid-January peak.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Registered Maine Guides’ top priority is safely providing a fun and rewarding experience in their role as stewards of our natural resources.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The show must go on! After a two-year hiatus, Pine Tree Hospice’s 26th annual Variety Show is back on Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.

The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency has hired a husband and wife team to update a plan that helps communities prevent and deal with natural and human-caused disasters.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer and Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A former treasurer of the Greenville Firefighters Association who was serving a sentence for stealing money from the group and the town was recently pardoned by Gov.

In December the State of Maine was recognized for its success in patient safety measures by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization focused on health care safety and quality.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – University of Maine Cooperative Extension expects to open its Greenhouse Plastic Recycling program April 19 with drop-off sites available statewide through Nov.

PORTLAND — Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Palm Sunday Mass this Sunday at 10 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s dispatch center will have a new home in early 2023, but it won’t be the one that county officials have discussed for months as part of an overhaul meant to fix chronic radio communications problems for emergency personnel.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A former Greenville police chief who was charged with criminal threatening in January had broken an order not to enter a gym and made another police officer fearful of being physically harmed, according to a court complaint obtained Monday.

By Matthew LaRoche One of the pleasures of working and playing in Maine’s Northwoods is having encounters with the Canada jay.

By Fisheries Resource Supervisor Tim Obrey Where to fish: April will be the month of transition here in the Moosehead Lake Region.

BREWER – At Northern Light Health, care does not end at the bedside or in our practices.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Private ponds that are stocked with trout provide multiple benefits for landowners and their families.

PORTLAND — From Monday, April 4, to Friday, April 8, all Maine Catholics are invited to experience God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness through the sacrament of reconciliation (confession).