Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolOVERALL WINNER — Chloe Murdock was the overall winner for Dexter Regional High School of the “Manie Musicale 2025” competition in the French classes.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Perseverance was the trait recognized during the month of March for the SeDoMoCha School’s Students in the Spotlight honorees.

By Peter McGuire, Maine Public Efficiency Maine has a new three-year plan to continue the state’s push to reduce energy use from homes and businesses.

MILO — A gathering for National Day of Prayer will be at the Veterans Park Gazebo, 22 Water St.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A state biologist said hunters looking for spring turkeys are more likely to find them in the woods, thanks to the amount of acorns and other edibles there.

GUILFORD — Valley Grange in Guilford has announced the annual Celebration of Community, which will take place on Friday, May 16 at the Grange Hall.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine home market is taking a turn decidedly in buyers’ favor, with home sales and prices falling.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new bill before the Legislature would ban floating camps and other nonwater-dependent structures from Maine’s inland or coastal waters.

GUILFORD — For the two and half months prior to April vacation, Piscataquis Community Elementary School families read E.

Editor’s Note: Tim Obrey’s report on Moosehead Lake has some startling news.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Democratic bill would go around an opinion from Maine’s high court to implement ranked-choice voting for general elections for governor and the Legislature just in time for next year’s race to replace Gov.

GUILFORD — When water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet, where exactly does it go and what happens to the liquid? Piscataquis Community Elementary School fifth-graders have been learning about wastewater and the students got to see firsthand with an April 17 field trip to the Guilford Sangerville Utilities District treatment center off Route 15.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Select Board is supporting a local nonprofit’s efforts to purchase the 1,700-acre Big Moose Mountain property.

ORONO — In 2024, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab processed 4,776 tick submissions including samples from 398 towns, representing all of Maine’s 16 counties.

By Ian DeBlieu, The Maine Monitor From the summit of Katahdin, the view is of forests stretching in all directions, broken only by the western lakes, the alpine tundra of the Tablelands, and the rocky peaks of surrounding mountains: Woodlands as far as the eye can see.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 51st annual Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis River Race is set for Saturday, April 26 from Guilford to Dover-Foxcroft.

Contributed photoLITERARY CHARACTER ART — The Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter sponsored an art contest for Ridge View Community School students for National Library Week, April 6-12, with the theme of “Drawn to Your Library”.