By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Two snowmobiles went through the ice in separate locations on Moosehead Lake recently due to pressure ridges created by fluctuating temperatures.

A former Greenville police chief was arrested and charged with criminal threatening, according to the Piscataquis County District Attorney’s Office.

One brother to race in Greenville on Saturday By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News Staff Caleb Hayes, 17, and Christian Hayes, 15, have an unusual hobby for high schoolers: they train and race teams of sled dogs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners rejected a request for $5,000 that would have allowed the county’s economic development council and a consulting firm to proceed with a broadband expansion project.

Before temperatures warm and the pain of winter fuel costs is forgotten, local Window Dressers volunteers want to measure your windows for warmer, less expensive winters to come.

GREENVILLE — Join the Shaw Public Library, in partnership with Moosehead Trails, for a presentation by local author and hiker: Chris Keene.

As a financial institution invested in their communities and neighbors, Acadia Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce they will award $6,000 in scholarships to area high school seniors.

By David Marino Jr.

SHIRLEY — It snowed, finally!  We can definitely use the new snow for the woods trails.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s largest lake will be bustling with winter activity this weekend.

GREENVILLE – Destination Moosehead Lake is proud to host the 18th annual Chocolate Festival.

February has been recognized as Browntail Moth Awareness Month in Maine to encourage people to take advantage of the dormant season of the insect and join together to reduce impacts from browntail moth.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff You never know what you’re going to see out in the Maine wilderness.

SHIRLEY – Dove Tail Bat Company, a Maine-based manufacturer of baseball bats, has been recognized for manufacturing one of ten 10 new products by Collegiate Baseball.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – A Piscataquis County Wide Republican Caucus will start at 10 a.

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GREENVILLE — Greenville’s new fire chief is special.

SHIRLEY — We only got half the predicted snowfall last week which is not good for the woods trails.