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DOVER-FOXCROFT — After briefly discussing the topic at each of last month’s meetings, the Piscataquis County Commissioners approved the purchase of 16 cameras to add to the Piscataquis County Jail security system during a meeting on Tuesday morning, Oct.

GUILFORD — The sports history of Piscataquis Community High School continues to grow with the induction of a pair of athletes, two coaches, and a state championship team as the sixth class of the PCHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

BREWER — Breast Cancer Awareness Month has long been associated with the color pink.

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GUILFORD — Donna Jordan led the Piscataquis Community field hockey team for more than two decades from the late 1970s through 1999.

WESTBROOK — Credit unions in Maine are deeply committed to addressing food insecurity in the state they call home.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Hunters are playing a critical role in the state’s ability to track the spread of insect-borne diseases in Maine.

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By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff When Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry noted in 2004 that he voted for military funding before he voted against it, then-President George W.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Roughly 40,000 pounds of pet food and other supplies arrived in Hampden on Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is applying to the Maine Board of Emergency Medical Services to license Northern Light Mayo Hospital as a transporting service at the EMT level, permitted to provide care at the paramedic level on some calls, with a primary service area of Abbot, Athens, Atkinson, Barnard Twp, Blanchard Twp, Bowerbank, Bradford, Charleston, Corinna, Corinth, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Elliottsville Twp, Exeter, Garland, Guilford, Kingsbury Plantation, Monson, Parkman, Ripley, Sangerville, Sebec, and Willimantic.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A mosquito-borne disease has been found in three more Maine counties.

SANGERVILLE — Each year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District honors a volunteer that has helped us carry out our mission of building resilient, sustainable farms and forests through education, technical services, demonstration, and stewardship.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Mainers are evenly split on whether to change the state flag back to something similar to the original pine tree design, according to the first public poll on the November referendum.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff The heating aid program that helps many Mainers heat their homes opened up in July, but it is expected to run out before winter’s end.