Three members of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office have filed to run to succeed Sheriff Robert Young.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A former Maine prison official pleaded guilty to theft and accepting a bribe after he spent nearly $2.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School senior Noah Kain of Parkman has been selected to receive the 2026 Principal’s Award, Principal Lee Pearsall announced.

FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to announce its fall 2025 dean’s list, recognizing the academic excellence of both full-time and part-time students.

By Daniel O’Connor The proportion of Mainers registered to vote as Republicans has grown in the past five years in a warning sign for Democrats trying to maintain control over Augusta.

GUILFORD — SAD 4 officials have started developing the 2026-27 academic year budget.

GUILFORD — Community Fitness is calling all heroes to action! On Saturday, April 4 at 2 p.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A former Maine prison official will plead guilty to theft and accepting a bribe.

By Molly Enking, Maine Public Despite normal snowfall this winter, Maine remains in a years-long drought with record low stream flow, which puts the state at below normal flood risk this spring, according to the Maine Emergency Management Agency.

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Provost Joseph Szakas announces the fall 2025 full-time president’s list and full-time dean’s list.

Sarah Curtis of Dover-Foxcroft and Pam Goulette of Guilford have joined the Maine Community Foundation’s Piscataquis County Committee.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Steph Beem bought her best cow, Dolly, for $15 in 2018.

PRESQUE ISLE — One thousand five hundred and forty students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have received academic recognition for the fall 2025 semester, according to Alana Margeson, provost and vice president of academic Affairs.

By Christoper Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Students from Piscataquis County will have the opportunity to earn a degree from Husson University tuition free.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff The American Red Cross will discontinue mobile blood drives across northern Maine effective in July, according to a statement from the organization.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After several Piscataquis County officials visited the Sangerville location last week and hearing from Recovery Wellness Community Center Program Manager Alan Burgess during a Tuesday morning county commissioners meeting, the commissioners voted to have $10,000 in county opioid settlement money go annually to the non-profit center.

FREEPORT — Credit union representatives from across Maine gathered in Freeport to announce the latest fundraising results of their collaborative Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger.

GUILFORD — For the second year in a row, due to low numbers for a team of their own, Piscataquis Community High School baseball players will travel down Route 23 to be part of the neighboring Dexter Regional High School Tigers under a cooperative agreement.