MILO — A slightly adjusted proposed 2022-23 SAD 41 budget totaling $10,818,490 was approved during the annual district budget meeting in the Walter “Eddie” Oakes Gymnasium at the Penquis Valley School on Monday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commission is contributing $10,000 toward a project that will bring 25 miles of bike trails to the Moosehead Lake region.

A county with virtually no treatment centers for opioid addiction had the second worst fatal overdose rate among rural counties last year in Maine.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School DEXTER — Front, from left, Cally Gudroe, Lily Brown, Emma Paige, and Caitlyn Chabot.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff If even a lone officer is on the scene of a school where there’s an active shooter inside harming students, that officer is going inside.

Just in time for National Hunger Awareness Month, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is launching a 30-day, $100,000 challenge beginning June 1 to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank, local community food pantries, and meal sites.

MILO — The annual Black Fly Festival returns with a day of events on Saturday, June 4 with the public invited to join in a day of fun and festivities.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Frequent travel to Bangor for class can be a barrier to earning a nursing degree.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The founder of Tradewinds Markets plans to demolish and rebuild a convenience store and gas station in Dover-Foxcroft as the new owner of the property.

By Lia Russell and Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff On Wednesday morning, May 25, Christina Caron dropped her children off at school in Bangor.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — From June 1-6 Pine Tree Hospice will hold its second bottle drive.

Observer file photo/Jeannette Hughes MILO’S ANNUAL CEREMONY — A rifle salute on the West Main Street bridge is part of a past Memorial Day observance in Milo.

PORTLAND — Dunkin’ is giving guests throughout Maine and eastern New Hampshire a whole new reason to fuel their “go” this spring.

Absentee ballots are now available ahead of a June 14 election in which Mainers can vote in primary elections for a range of state and local offices as well as local ballot questions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities will be constructing a handicap ramp at the Gazebo in Kiwanis Park located behind the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft, in honor of our beloved long-time member Harold “Doc” Sherman.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By the end of 2022, Maine may be the only state that does not allow some form of Sunday hunting.

The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft announced that it is looking for area actors between the ages of 14 and 19 to take part in their 2022 Summer Travelling Show.

MILO – Dyer’s Hope House Food Pantry would like to express its appreciation for the 1,600 pounds of food delivered to us on Saturday, May 14 during the USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.