DOVER-FOXCROFT — Private ponds that are stocked with trout provide multiple benefits for landowners and their families.

PORTLAND — From Monday, April 4, to Friday, April 8, all Maine Catholics are invited to experience God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness through the sacrament of reconciliation (confession).

Register and join us for a morning bird walk on Saturday, May 7 as we explore springtime birds at the Nickerson Tree Farm in Greenville.

MILO — Penquis Valley High School students had the opportunity to put the pens, pencils, books and laptops away for a day and instead took part in a morning of health-related workshops and games in the afternoon.

Piscataquis County will soon have a point person to organize community efforts and serve as a guide to municipalities on broadband expansion.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Will’s Shop ‘n Save of Dover-Foxcroft has announced a purchase and sale agreement with Edwards Brothers Supermarkets.

Penquis received $5,000 earlier this month from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support services provided by Eastern Maine CA$H (Credit, Assets & Hope), a coalition of non- and for-profit partners working to help empower individuals and families to achieve long-term financial stability.

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension recently named Aroostook native Melissa Arndt to serve as its first-ever director of marketing and communications.

Contributed photo BEHIND THE MASK – Students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford created a book titled “Behind The Mask.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT – Audiobooks and podcasts can be the saving graces of long car trips or cross-country flights.

Contributed photo NEW BOARD MEMBERS – At the recent board meeting of Dyer’s Hope House, members elected food cupboard volunteer Betty Rich to fill a seat vacated by John Cram who became general manager in December.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – SeDoMoCha Elementary School’s drama program Stageworks, Jr.

Piscataquis County Democrats held their food drive on March 26 to benefit the Harmony Cares Food Cupboard.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Community transmission rates of COVID-19 have dropped substantially in 15  Maine counties, with only one county reporting a moderate community transmission rate.

PORTLAND – Using the very words being said by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, March 25, Bishop Robert Deeley stood before over 300 people in the pews of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as well as thousands more participating via livestream and joined in making an Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Historic migration offset stark demographic trends to drive another year of population growth across urban and rural areas of Maine in 2021.

MILO — On Friday, March 25 Penquis Valley High School will be hosting a Power of Positive Choices Day, sponsored by Northern Light Mayo Hospital, Penquis, Community Health and Counseling Services, and the Helping Hands with Heart Collaborative.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency will be holding meetings open to the public to review and update the current hazard mitigation plan.