This January, Healthy Living for ME is kicking off 2022 with several new workshop sessions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners considered the use of $3.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine home sales decreased for the fifth consecutive month in November, following a downward trend that has been driven by a continued increase in costs throughout the state.

GUILFORD — For the first time in decades, the pond that serves as Dover-Foxcroft’s water supply has a solid dam built for the future.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — An approximate $5.

PORTLAND – AARP Maine and the Maine Broadband Coalition have partnered to create the County Connector program to coordinate, across Maine’s 16 counties, an effort to urge local elected officials and town leadership to prioritize state and federal broadband funding that best serves each community and county.

For nearly a quarter century, Dave Fuller has been teaching untold numbers of people ages 5 to 90 how to grow hardneck garlic.

It will cost an estimated $27 million to expand broadband coverage to unserved areas in Piscataquis County, according to a new broadband planning report.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Leaders of the Maine Legislature on Friday released an initial schedule for a January return to the State House, again limiting in-person floor sessions, leaving lawmakers under a mask mandate and retaining virtual committee hearings.

By Bob Duchesne The calendar says Dec.

Observer photo/Keri Foster FIND THE SHOP LOCAL TREE WINNER – Sue Killam, left, of Blanchard is the grand prize winner of the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree contest.

GUILFORD — Superintendents from three districts seeking to build a regional high school are pursuing a community school district form of governance.

BANGOR – At Eastern Maine Development Corporation ’s annual board meeting, EMDC announced its 2021 awards recipients.

By Kristen Sutherland, Pine Tree Hospice Executive Director Giving care to someone with dementia is a complex and highly demanding labor of love.

By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County, Maine, and Stafford County, Virginia, are home to slightly more than 151,000 people.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is gearing up to provide vaccinations to eligible 16 and 17-year-olds following the recent announcement from the U.

Grade 12, highest honors: Ruth Griffith and Hailee Hartford; high honors: Victor De Saint-Denis, Hannah Dow, Taylor Folsom, Sarah Gray, Sydney Hutchins, Elizabeth Kendall, Gianna Kopf, Christina Maguire, Ben Martin, Jessie Mayberry, Shania Milano, and Alex Shedd; honors: Jacob Beckwith, Grace Buehne, Matt Burdin, Matt Chadbourne, Dean Demmer, Zoey (Zenix) Dow-Cookson, Kayden Gilbert, Martina Hill, MacKenzie Kain, Alexandria Maguire, Aliyah Ouellette, and Cassidy Rohdin.

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council recognized Rep.