INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A Milford Man drowned on Dec.

Grade 12, high honors: Ashton Russell Ade, Bao Ngoc Gia Bach, Gage Beaudry, Huyen Khai Khloe Bui, Noah Linwood Cavanagh, Cassandra Rose Crockett, Olivia Phyllis Gage, Shane Gallo, Hilary Elizabeth Howard, Niksa Jasovic, Ella Rose Glennon Kazmierczak, Aleksander Action Krause, Ming Fou Lao, Richard Liu, Kemsley Marsters, Kailey Elizabeth McLaughlin, Hunter Daniel Monahan, Danea Obratov, Samantha Paige Ossenfort, Aubry Paradis, Zachary Lee Peirce, Anh Phuong Pham, Wyatt Ellis Rayfield, Dominic Alexander Redmond, Gabriel Soren Saunders, Owen E.

Grade 12, highest honors: Lily Carr, Scott Chadbourne, Sophia Kopf, Izabelle Pizzo; high honors: Chad Bush, Zachariah Demmer, Emily Easler, Karson Tibbetts; honors: Emma Brasier, Benjamin Higgins, Summer Nesbit, Tim Van Der Heijden, Dominic Zeller.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The ground may be covered in several inches of snow, but disease-carrying ticks are still active, the Maine CDC announced on Dec.

GREENVILLE – A key step was taken toward the creation of a proposed multigenerational housing district on Spruce Street during a special town meeting on Dec.

MILO — As a result of only having six players near the end of the first two weeks of practices, Penquis Valley High School will not have a varsity girls basketball team in the 2023-24 season.

Piscataquis County commissioners decided Tuesday to cut $20,000 from the county’s largest funded nonprofit and override some of the budget committee’s decisions regarding two county departments.

MONSON — The Maine State Police will be honoring Corp.

Penquis and Blueberry Broadcasting have launched their annual Christmas is for Kids program.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s chicks.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – As a holiday treat for the school and homeschool community, the Center Theatre has announced a special morning performance of their holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol”.

Maine Savings is thrilled to announce the hire of Erin Campbell as senior vice president of finance and accounting.

SANGERVILLE — Affectionately known as the “Doomstead,” a 16-acre property in Piscataquis County with a bunker, barn, and greenhouse is looking for its next homesteader.

Deborah A.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School GAS CARD FUNDS — Dexter Regional High School Student Government recently participated in fundraising activities for the benefit of breast cancer patients in the area.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recently held the November Student in the Spotlight assembly and recognized the Staff in the Spotlight recipient and nominees.

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 this holiday season.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is proposing a budget increase of about $2.