By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Before many were replaced by English or French names, most places in what is now Maine had already been named by the original inhabitants of the land: the Wabanaki, or the People of the Dawn, who include today’s Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, or Mi’kmaq.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer A Piscataquis County physician is urging area residents to get COVID-19 shots as vaccination rates continue to lag in rural parts of the state and local hospitals struggle with capacity, strained mostly by unvaccinated patients.

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GUILFORD — Bikers, runners, and walkers will be going in circles through Guilford Saturday, Oct.

By The Associated Press About three-quarters of Maine’s eligible population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, but four counties remain below two-thirds.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff The nomination of an assistant U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners are awaiting more details on plans to upgrade the county’s public safety radio system.

GUILFORD — The history of sports at  Piscataquis Community High School, previous area secondary institutions, and the towns making up SAD 4 continues to grow with the third class of the PCHS Athletic Hall of Fame being formally enshrined during an early evening ceremony in the gymnasium on Oct.

The fifth annual 5K Walk/Run to “Wake the Silence” to support The JD Foundation will be held virtually on Saturday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The $625,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program award to Northern Light Mayo Hospital will support the proposed PYSUP project- Preventing Youth Use of Alcohol and Tobacco in Piscataquis County.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer COVID-19 booster shots were approved by the U.

For 35 years the Maine Community Foundation Piscatquis County Fund has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to nonprofits working to improve the quality of life in the region.

GUILFORD — Picataquis Community Secondary School announces its 2021 Homecoming activities, the public is welcome.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Legislature on Wednesday breezed through approval of newly drawn legislative and congressional maps, shifting thousands of people from one congressional district to another and laying new political lines for the next decade.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature is poised to vote today on new legislative and congressional maps that will account for the recent population shifts and shape the state’s politics for the next decade.

Too many Mainers miss medical appointments because they lack transportation or go hungry because they are too proud to seek help.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Donations doubled! Pine Tree Hospice is elated to announce Pleasant River Lumber will be matching every Annual Appeal donation up to $20,000.

Katahdin Trust, a community bank serving northern Maine and the greater Bangor and Portland regions, is pleased to announce a $2,500 donation to Penquis’ “We’ve Got Your Back” campaign.