By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Alton Wilson of Fryeburg goes fishing on Moosehead during the first week in May every year with his brother Delly Wilson Sr.

District budget meeting set for May 27 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 Board of Directors approved a proposed $14,995,969 budget for the 2025-26 academic year during a meeting Tuesday evening at the SeDoMoCha School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On May 6 Foxcroft Academy held a special ceremony to announce the outstanding scholars of the Class of 2025 at its annual Rose Award ceremony.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The committee working on the project to improve the Piscataquis County emergency radio system is getting ready to finalize the request for proposals, County Manager Mike Williams told the county commissioners during a meeting on Tuesday morning.

By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Former Gov.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolPROM ROYALTY — The Dexter Regional High School prom was held on Saturday, May 3 at Sunset Meadows in Corinna.

By Jan DeBlieu, The Maine Monitor Steve Tatko squatted next to the cut end of a red spruce trunk lying in a stack with other felled trees.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The counties and municipalities that receive a direct share of the settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers have spent less than half of the money paid out so far, a Maine Monitor survey found.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On a rainy, dreary Saturday in April, the volunteers of Pine Tree Hospice presented the group’s 29th Variety Show and created a little sunshine at the Center Theatre for the 100 attendees.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts is producing Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!”  According to Patrick Myers, the Center Theatre’s executive director, it will be the biggest musical at the theatre in years.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff ROCKWOOD — Camden Jewell of Skowhegan, who turned 17 on May 2, almost lost two rods and his big fish.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Former Gov.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health will get $49 million in delayed reimbursement for its COVID-19 pandemic response, U.

By Jo Easton, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, the nonprofit publisher of The Maine Monitor, are launching a new partnership to strengthen journalism for Maine.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine officials are asking federal authorities for leniency on the upcoming Real ID requirements after finding that fewer than half of travelers at the state’s largest airport had the updated identification.

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GUILFORD — Plans are well underway for the 2025 Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford.

GREENVILLE — Learning a new dance routine or gliding around the room on a scooter board may sound like child’s play, but at Northern Light CA Dean Hospital these activities are more than pastimes for kids — they’re empowering some of the hospital’s smallest patients to overcome their biggest challenges.