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

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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.

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 Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Canada-based railway company has been fined for Clean Water Act violations stemming from two train derailments in Maine.

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.

MILO — More than a dozen years ago SAD 41 formed an Alternative Organizational Structure 43 with SAD 31 of the Howland area.

MILO — On June 4 Milo Garden Club held the final business meeting of 2023-24.

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.

MILO — Milo has the opportunity to work with the Maine Department of Transportation on a Village Partnership Initiative to develop a vision for the downtown, but any binding obligation would be made in the months to come.

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

Residents voted Monday to elect four new members to the Milo Select Board after a cluster of resignations last month left just one member overseeing the town.

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.