Rural areas centered around the forest industry have faced uncertain economic times.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups, and individuals using their voices, instruments, and movement on two separate nights as we approach the end of the school year.

Twenty Maine municipalities recently received Tree City USA awards, presented by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Project Canopy community forestry program.

By Johanna S.

WASHINGTON, D.

BANGOR – The U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy is returning to in-person instruction on Thursday following a threat earlier in the week that prompted a remote learning day Wednesday.

This story is part of Maine Public’s “Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine’s response, one county at a time” series.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Community members and several students protested Wednesday outside Foxcroft Academy in support of a student allegedly sexually assaulted by two classmates in February.

BROWNVILLE – The Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A project to relocate Piscataquis County’s police and fire dispatch center will mean repair work on a portion of the building’s exterior that will cost several thousand dollars extra, county commissioners were told Tuesday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy will hold classes remotely on Wednesday after receiving threatening comments, officials said on Tuesday.

This story is part of our series “Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine’s response, one county at a time.

MONSON – Monson Arts will be offering a new series of community programs for area residents.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Six Maine veterans have joined a huge national lawsuit alleging that earplugs made by 3M Co.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The two Foxcroft Academy students accused of sexually assaulting a classmate in February are not attending classes on campus, even though a judge’s order would allow it, according to a school official.

BANGOR – The Anah Shriners will once again be holding no cost screening clinics available to any child that is in need of care in the following areas: scoliosis, burn care, spina bifida, orthopedics, cerebral palsy, cleft lip/palate, pediatric surgery, spinal cord injury, sports injuries/fractures and more.

The Maine Land Use Planning Commission and members of the public have defined an area of the Moosehead Lake region that could be used for future housing and commercial development.