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Fall fishing tactics

Fall fishing can be feast or famine depending on several factors.

Gov. Mills accepts emergency Maine budget plan, will ask for more changes in January

AUGUSTA, — Gov.

Where Maine’s U.S. Senate candidates stand on money in politics and other reforms

Opposition to “dark money” was one thing Maine’s U.

PK Floats launches new aircraft float

LINCOLN — PK Floats Inc.

Guilford Harvest Festival returns Sept. 26

GUILFORD — While lives have changed dramatically during the past six months or so and many folks are still self-quarantining or at least have remained cooped up for far too long, the Guilford Historical Society has planned to hold its annual Harvest Festival to break the monotony on Saturday, Sept.

Moosehead Lake region fall flow updates

West Branch below Seboomook: Insufficient storage in the lake so there will be no flow release for fishing this year.

Penquis soccer teams are back on the field

MILO — The season will look different than years past with rule adjustments and a reduced schedule, but the Penquis Valley High School boys and girls soccer teams will be playing in 2020.

Maine’s top court will expedite ruling on ranked-choice voting referendum

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is expediting a decision on a referendum petition aimed at stopping the use of ranked-choice voting in this November’s presidential election, the acting chief justice said Tuesday.

Differing emotions guide Foxcroft student-athletes through early practices

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The practice fields surrounding Foxcroft Academy were busy Monday as the school’s fall sports teams began tryouts.

With college gone remote, two teens hit the road for a gap year fishing adventure instead

According to their original plan, Luke Konson and Daniel Balserak would have spent last weekend as wide-eyed freshmen enjoying their first month at Clemson University in South Carolina.

Dover-Foxcroft utilizing COVID-19 grant

DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

County seeking public safety radio system study proposals

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step was taken in a process to fix long-running communications problems for the county’s fire and police departments as the county commissioners formally approved a letter seeking requests for proposals for a public safety radio system study during a Sept.

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce more than $2.3M to prevent domestic violence and protect survivors

Maine’s U.S. Senate hopefuls agree some on virus relief, but not on scope

The coronavirus pandemic upended economic activities in Maine and across the U.

How contact tracing is used to fight disease outbreaks on farms

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing has played a big part in controlling the spread of the virus.

How two iconic Maine retailers are preparing for a long, virus-altered holiday season

The year-end holiday season started earlier than usual in Maine this year, with moose tree ornaments and Christmas cards with coastal scenes already lining aisles in Renys department store in September.

Susan Collins and Sara Gideon clash over health care and Trump in first US Senate debate

Credit union’s surprise gift renders county vote moot

The patrol and investigative divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office had long ago outgrown their small workspace, but this week they are working in their new spacious headquarters at the former KeyBank building in Guilford.

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