By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine State Police is urging legislators in Augusta to kill two bills that would provide state funding for new patrol positions within the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.

The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a Guilford woman who hasn’t been seen since early March.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In the last few years, Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Tree & Plant Sale has evolved, quite significantly.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For the third year in a row, Sebago Lake did not ice over completely this winter.

Contributed photo MASONIC CONTRIBUTION — On March 6 Penobscot Masonic Lodge #39 of Dexter in association with the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation presented a check for $1,500 to the Dexter Fire Department.

BREWER — The Penobscot County Emergency Management Agency, in collaboration with the Maine Emergency Management Agency, will host a Volunteer Fair on Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.

DEXTER — As the result of a joint fentanyl trafficking investigation among MDEA’s North Central Task Force and the Dexter Police Department, a Dexter man, his son, and a female have been charged with drug trafficking offenses.

MILO — Last year representatives from SAD 41, SAD 4 of Guilford, the Dexter-based SAD 46, and RSU 64 of Corinth met with the Maine Department of Education on the proposed regional comprehensive high school project.

By Carol Bousquet, Maine Public The Land Use Planning Commission stopped short of issuing a moratorium on short-term rentals in unorganized territories on Wednesday, but said the proliferation of Airbnb and Vrbo listings — numbering more than 500 — is resulting in complaints from residents in those areas.

ORONO — Conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state’s largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — The administrator of the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor has died.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this year Piscataquis County invited students of all ages to design a logo or seal that celebrates the region’s heritage and beauty, which will be used on documents, online, and elsewhere.

BREWER — Northern Light Health is proud to serve Maine’s increasingly diverse residents and visitors.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School The SeDoMoCha School of Dover-Foxcroft had its Students in the Spotlight assembly on Feb.

LAKE VIEW PLANTATION — A remote Piscataquis County settlement that owns only one structure, a building that locals estimate is more than 130 years old and has functioned as a church and schoolhouse, plans to use $75,000 in federal funding to renovate the space.

On Feb.

Grade 12, highest honors: Emma Alexander, Sydney Fogler, Annika King, William Kuznierz, Elisa Picariello, and Payson Reinhardt; high honors: Brooklynne Blockler, Lauryn Brunner, Dawson Dow, Jennifer Downing, Elyssa Jerome, Alexandria Mullins, and David Race; honors:  Ivey Batey, Frederick Beem, Benjamin Bourgoin, Caden Brown, Austin Carlow, Tami Cummings, Sydney Dyson, Brayden Flagg, Olivia Gilman, Lakota Glidden, Tiffany Heinrichs, Kasey Hurd, Kayden Kimball, Lillian LaPointe, Brendon Mehlhorn, Makayla Moore, Jozlynn Paige, Jillean Poliquin, Alex Race, Brady Reynolds, Aleaha Richards, Madison Rowe, Thomas Rowe, Caleb Schobel, Camryn Spack, and Cole Tibbetts.

Grade 12, high honors: Victoria Boislard and Evan Horne; honors: Imaan Ali, Brooke Bolstridge, Abigail Conlogue, Syreniti Grant, Jessica Morton, Mickayla Pierce, William Sanborn IV, Fredrick Shaw, Aileen Strout, Katie Weed, and Megan Whitten.