DOVER-FOXCROFT — During their first meeting of the new year on Jan.

AUGUSTA – Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Waldo, appointed Sen.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On the coldest day of the season, thousands of Central Maine Power customers in Piscataquis County were left without electricity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Just over a week after the annual public hearing on the Piscataquis County and Unorganized Territory (UT) budgets, the county commissioners are nearing a final decision on the two spending plans.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In October the Piscataquis Regional YMCA board of directors made changes to the organization, including voting to eliminate the executive director position with Board Chair Janet Sawyer heading the facility in the interim while options for long-term sustainability and leadership are explored over the next six to 12 months.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The project to revitalize Central Hall and keep the late 19th century building on East Main Street as a part of the community and the region is progressing as construction is transforming the interior and financial contributions are making everything possible.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Leapfrog Group announced Mayo Regional Hospital has been named a Top Hospital for the first time.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed $4,038,985 Piscataquis County budget for 2017, along with a little more than $1,541,000 in the Unorganized Territories (UT) budget in the 2017-18 fiscal year, was presented at a public hearing on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In September the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) was awarded $120,000 for broadband internet planning from the Office of the Maine Attorney General, with the funds coming from consumer settlements the office reached with several wireless carriers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A task force will look at law enforcement needs and processes, such as defining patrol staff recruitment, coverage, mutual aid, communication, use of vehicles and contracts with towns, across the region after such a group was authorized to start in early 2017 by the county commissioners during a Nov.

MEDFORD — Maine State Police have joined the efforts to locate a 71-year-old Medford woman, who has been missing for over two weeks.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The executive committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) has named Rep.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The county’s 911 addressing services will now fall under the jurisdiction of the Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) with EMA Director Tom Capraro serving as the E-911 addressing officer, after the county commissioners approved the restructuring during a Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Piscataquis County Commissioners have scheduled the annual public hearing for the 2017 county budget and the 2017-18 Unorganized Territory (UT) budget for Monday, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The county commissioners gave their approval to the hire of Trevor Duby and Tysen Ober as deputy sheriffs during an Oct.