Piscataquis County Democrats continue to address the needs of hungry families through food drives and monetary donations.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students whose emotions may be getting the best of them and are in need of a quiet place for a respite now have a place to go.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected to sweep across the state at the end of the week, bringing down what is left of the fall foliage.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital recently welcomed an advanced new ambulance to its fleet thanks in part to funding from a USDA Emergency Rural Health Care grant.

By Ian Carey, Penquis Valley High School guidance counselor BANGOR — Fourteen girls from Penquis Valley High School and Piscataquis Community High School had the pleasure of attending the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute Fall Forum on Sept.

Funding for energy audits of historic buildings is available from the Maine Community Foundation’s Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency grant program.

By Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public Almost all of Maine’s 15 county jails are understaffed, and some are missing more than half of the employees they need to fully operate.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Oral health is an important part of overall health, but sometimes, families don’t have the tools they need to fight tooth decay.

GUILFORD — The sports history of Piscataquis Community High School continues to grow with the induction of five people, two teams and a contributor into the fourth class of the PCHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

Piscataquis County will work with a team of University of Maine student researchers in Augusta and Presque Isle to become a victim of a cyberattack — on purpose.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A frost is expected to spread across the state on Friday morning as temperatures take a seasonable dip heading into the weekend.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange is again administering the Santa Project for all kids, newborn to high school seniors living in the SAD 4 area.

By David Marino Jr.

By Kim Brawn To paraphrase poet Nicholas Gordon: In October, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams.

AUGUSTA — On Monday, Sept.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Few groups in Augusta have been as interesting over the last few years as the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The JD Foundation is having its sixth annual Walk/Run to Wake the Silence on Saturday, Oct.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Home sales were down again in August as the median price of a single-family home increased nearly 10 percent since the same time last year.