MILO – Mark and Eryn Savard, founders and owners of the new Three Rivers Residential Care Home in Milo, felt a burden to create a family-oriented assisted living facility that offers nutritious meals and personalized support with daily activities for individuals who need assistance but do not require the intensive medical care provided in a nursing home.

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News was named the state’s best daily newspaper for the second year in a row at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday in South Portland.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Administrator Scott Adkins has tendered his resignation after finding a new job, county officials announced Tuesday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 fiscal year county budget and 2026-27 fiscal year Unorganized Territory budget at 6 p.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Food stamps won’t be issued in Maine, or any other state, starting next month.

Photo courtesy of T-MobileT-MOBILE DONATION — T-Mobile presented a $25,000 check to Dexter Regional High school during halftime of the Tiger football game vs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In just three years since assuming full ownership of the grocery store in downtown Guilford, the former Goulette’s IGA and Whitney’s Market, Eli’s Market and owner Eli Dunfee have been chosen as the 2025 Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is thrilled to announce a record-breaking year for its 5th Annual Cycl-a-thon, held on Saturday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Partners for Peace is hosting an open house at the Dover-Foxcroft Resource Center on Thursday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A life devoted to the service of others has earned Kevin Springer of Greenville the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council’s 2025 Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award.

By Daniel O’Connor Residents of Greenville will decide whether to borrow $1 million to help build a recreational building that would support child care and preschool in a referendum this November.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Numerous rivers in eastern and northern Maine have dropped to record low levels this month or are approaching them as the driest conditions in the state in more than 20 years keep getting worse.

The Piscataquis Observer’s Stuart Hedstrom picked up a total of eight awards among the state’s smaller weekly publications division from the Maine Press Association in the 2025 MPA Better Newspaper Contest, announced on Oct.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff A rustic cabin on a private island on Millinocket Lake with sweeping views of Katahdin is for sale for less than $300,000.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomasselli, The County Staff Six months, 14 states and five pairs of shoes after she set off from Springer Mountain, Georgia, a Houlton woman completed the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail thru-hike to Katahdin earlier this month.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Eastern Area Agency on Aging, which serves Penobscot, Piscataquis,  Washington and Hancock counties, will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff At least 36,000 Mainers will lose their Medicare Advantage plans in January as insurers cut offerings nationwide, according to new information collected by the state insurance bureau.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The hiking season is over on Katahdin.