By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor In the “frontier county” of Piscataquis, there’s generally one rule of thumb for anyone trying to make a difference in the lives of its 17,000 residents: Be creative.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four delegates and one alternate from Piscataquis County were elected at the region’s Democratic Delegate Nominating Meeting on the afternoon of Sunday, July 19 at the Central Hall Commons.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — David Bialczak of Abbot has been named to Southern New Hampshire University‘s spring 2026 dean’s list.

Grade 12, highest honors: Bella Buehne, Audrey Chadbourne, Arianna Crosby, Molly Goodwin, Noah Kain; high honors: Brady Ball, Brady Gaw, Ava Goulette, Brookelynn Hunt, Hope Hunt, Sadie-Mae Kelley, Elizabeth Libby-Gilbert, Kiah Nick, Isabellah Tetreault, Tyler Willey, Bear Yelverton; honors: Dawson Draper, Hannah Firth, Wyatt Johnson, Aria Lenihan, Landon McKenney.

FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent held its 144th commencement exercises May 9 at the UMFK Sports Center.

GREENVILLE —- Using some of the funds raised from the 2025 Moosehead Festival of Trees CCM Events & Fundraising has donated $2,500 to the Senior Lounge in Greenville to take a total of 50 senior citizens from the area on an outing.

More than 200 GEAR UP Maine RISE eighth grade students participated in College Immersion experiences this spring, spending two days and one night on the campuses of Thomas College, the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

AARP Maine has issued a new scam alert, according to its senior communications director, Jane Margesson.

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Family Independence has launched a student navigation services partnership with Eastern Maine Development Corporation.

GUILFORD — Puritan Medical Products — America’s swab experts — announced that the company is the lead sponsor of the Piscataquis River Festival, an annual day of celebration for the local community.

Chad Perkins of Dover-Foxcroft, who currently holds the House District 31 seat, has won the Republican primary for Senate District 4 following ranked-choice tabulations by the Maine Secretary of State’s Office in Augusta.

PORTLAND – The Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, founded by former U.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine’s ranked-choice voting count to determine the nominees for key gubernatorial and 2nd Congressional District races will stretch into Thursday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners approved a budget totaling a little more than $2.

The Republican primary for Senate District 4, which consists of all of Piscataquis County and a number of nearby Penobscot County towns, will proceed to ranked-choice voting tabulation after none of the four candidates met the 50% threshold.

Current Piscataquis County Commissioners Chair Paul T.

FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent celebrated the next generation of healthcare professionals during the 41st annual nurse pinning ceremony May 8 at the UMFK Sports Center.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine judge on Thursday upheld Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ decision to remove a conservative referendum that would ban transgender girls from competing on female scholastic sports teams from the November 2026 ballot.