By Nick Song, Maine Public Spending by tourists in Maine increased by 23.

Contributed photo NEW COUNTY FLAG — The new Piscataquis County flag is raised by Sheriff Robert Young, Chief Deputy Todd Lyford, and Deputy Kyle Wilson during a ceremony on Flag Day (Friday, June 14) at the county campus in Dover-Foxcroft.

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By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police departments across Maine have seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana during the last year in dozens of illegal grow house raids.

BANGOR — CourageLIVES and Saint Andre Home are pleased to announce that Executive Director Carey Nason has been named a 2024 National Reaching Rural Fellow.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer A couple who set up a mobile coffee cart around Dover-Foxcroft and took it to Maine farmers markets will open a brick-and-mortar cafe in Guilford.

DEXTER — With help from various community partners, students in the Building Trades program at Tri-County Technical Center will soon be able to apply what they have learned in the classroom in the real world as they are part of a crew to construct a family home on Main Street Hill.

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By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The economic value of Maine’s lakes to the state economy has more than doubled in 25 years, according to a University of Maine study being released in June.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Piscataquis Regional Food Center announces a new funding initiative in response to a 200 percent rise in program registration in the first year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners approved a $175,000 increase to the 2024-25 Unorganized Territory budget during a meeting on Tuesday, June 4.

DEXTER — Thirteen members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association and one guest met at the FAMBily Restaurant in Dexter for their monthly meeting on May 28.

By Elizabeth Walztoni Plant sale and swap season is in full swing, and this year there are some new considerations to keep in mind while shopping.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington celebrated the success and accomplishments of the members of the Class of 2024 with a gala commencement ceremony in Farmington.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University congratulates the following students on being named to the winter 2024 president’s list — January to May –  for attaining a grade point average of 3.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine company failed to help and retaliated against a Black and Hispanic employee who was subjected to a year of racist insults, a lawsuit filed last week said.

GUILFORD — A proposed 2024-25 SAD 4 budget totalling $9,247,391 was approved during the evening of May 22 at the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.