By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff SEBEC — A driver and passenger were killed Thursday morning, March 7 when two cars collided head-on in the Piscataquis County town of Sebec.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff You probably won’t see any animals, birds or amphibians wearing special dark glasses during the upcoming total solar eclipse.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the February Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

Jessica Anderson of “Count ME In” will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual “S-T-R-E-T-C-H  your Teaching” workshop to be held Saturday, April 6  at the United Technologies Center Maine in Bangor from 9 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — RSU 68 officials are continuing with work to develop the budget for the 2024-25 academic year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has begun.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff WATERVILLE — The president of Thomas College is stepping down.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Warden Nick Bartholomew told his story Tuesday for the first time after he went through the ice on his snowmobile last week while searching for an overdue snowmobiler on Moosehead Lake.

By Ari Snider, Maine Public Central Maine Power is asking state regulators to approve $162 million in recovery costs following multiple major storms last year.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Warden Service retrieved a snowmobile from Moosehead Lake Saturday, March 2 that went through the ice last week while the warden riding it was searching for a man who was reported missing, according to a department spokesperson.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School A HEARTFELT THANK YOU — The SeDoMoCha School recognized two outstanding students for their heroic response to assist Library Services ed tech Amy Fagan-Cannon during an unfortunate ski incident.

Brendan Parlee of Dover-Foxcroft was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff SANGERVILLE — Another illegal marijuana operation has been uncovered in Sangerville.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Gov.

By Emmett Gardner, The Maine Monitor DOVER-FOXCROFT – The most common argument Dover-Foxcroft Select Board Chair Tom Lizotte hears for keeping the town’s defunct dam on the Piscataquis River is it’s always been there, for as long as residents can remember.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-four hours makes a huge difference between safe ice and taking a cold swim this year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Tuesday, Feb.