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Piscataquis Community Secondary School third quarter honor roll

Grade 12, highest honors: Anthony Germano, Ruth Griffith, Hailee Hartford, Elizabeth Kendall, Christina Maguire, and Benjamin Martin; high honors: Kaitlyn Cupero, Hannah Dow, Kayden Gilbert, Trevor Hathorn, Sydney Hutchins, Alexandria Maguire, Jessie Mayberry, and Aliyah Ouellette, and Eden Samuel; honors: Daniel Adams, Grace Buehne, Matthew Chadbourne, Ariana Fanjoy, Rylee Fillmore, Brandon Fleming, MacKenzie Kain, Gianna Kopf, Aiden Miller, and Alexander Shedd.

EMDC names community resilience specialist

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to name Dr.

Emery family makes memorial donation to PCSWCD’s Teen Wilderness Expedition program

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is celebrating our eighth year of offering Teen Wilderness Expedition — a program designed for youth ages 12-16 to experience the outdoors and deepen their connection to and understanding of natural resources through recreation and exploration.

Piscataquis residents haven’t had regular state services since 2007

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County residents haven’t had regular access to state services since 2007, when a health services office in Dover-Foxcroft shuttered.

SAD 4 selects group to represent proposed regional high school

GUILFORD, Maine — School Administrative District 4 has selected four school board members to serve as its representatives on a new board for a proposed regional facility that consolidates at least three area high schools.

Valley Grange to celebrate communities

GUILFORD – Valley Grange has considered May “Community Month” for a number of years.

County Democrats collect for local food cupboards, World Central Kitchen

MILO – The Piscataquis County Democrats’ mission this past year has been to feed those living with food insecurity.

UMaine-Farmington graduates

FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington proudly celebrated a festive, in-person Commencement ceremony May 7 for the Class of 2022.

Fed up with poor internet, rural Maine towns team up to tackle problem

Tired of dealing with poor internet connectivity, town officials and residents in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties formed their own coalition to bring broadband to their regions.

EMDC announces $600,000 WIOA youth contract in Northeastern Maine

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation was awarded $600,000 to provide workforce development services to young people and businesses in Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Washington counties.

3 months after Piscataquis rejected broadband funding, official couldn’t communicate during earthquake

DOVER-FOXCROFT — When a minor earthquake shook Sebec more than a week ago, Piscataquis County’s Emergency Management Agency director couldn’t get online to notify and update residents because of the spotty internet where she lives.

Piscataquis County’s new hire will play role internet and ski resort issues

The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council has hired a new executive director at a time when big decisions that will affect the county’s future are pending.

Partners for Peace navigates peaks and valleys in work to end domestic violence

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like many other organizations across the state and beyond, those involved with Partners for Peace — the domestic violence resource center for Piscataquis and Penobscot counties — did their best to navigate the pandemic.

Valley Grange seeks ‘banketeers’ to create for children in need

GUILFORD – Valley Grange of Guilford is sponsoring a blanket-making event on Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.

Judge sets cash bail for Guilford woman accused of stealing $900,000 from her employer

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A judge on Thursday ordered a Guilford woman accused of stealing more than $900,000 from her former employer over three years to be held on $25,000 cash bail.

Guilford woman allegedly embezzled more than $900,000 from her employer over 3 years

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Guilford woman has been charged with stealing more than $900,000 from her former employer over three years.

Maine Highlands FCU sunflowers raise $3,000 for Ukraine

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU BENEFIT SUNFLOWERS – Monty Moose, mascot for Maine Highlands FCU, poses in Dover-Foxcroft with several “sunflowers” that were sold to raise funds for Ukraine.

Piscataquis River Festival returns this summer

GUILFORD – Chairperson Paul Zimmerman announced that one of Maine’s great summer traditions, the popular Piscataquis River Festival, will be back this year following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.

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