DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will vote in June on whether to remove the historic Mayo Mill dam and build a riverfront park.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Baxter State Park is among 15 state and national parks that should be on your bucket list.

PITTSFIELD – Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union  is proud to announce its continued support for the Maine Credit Union League’s Campaign for Ending Hunger.

By Troy Bennett, Bangor Daily News Staff Amid a dearth of official, tourist-related promotion or planning, an ad hoc group of Greenville friends and business owners is working to welcome the throng of celestial sky-watchers expected to descend on their village next month for the solar eclipse.

Grade eight, high honors: Lexi Bjornson-Burgess, Harloe Boulier, Effie Brochu, Ava Dunton, Nolan Guthrie, Jaedon Haack, Ryleigh Herbest, Charles Johnston, Alicen Kane, Kendall Killam; honors: Henry Day, Sophia Day, Zoey Eakright, Mason Hachey, Ella Hutchinson, Annabelle Turgeon.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff While Mainers pull the final elements together for total solar eclipse festivities next month, for some folks, this is not their first go-round with such a rare celestial event.

By Ron Chase Six of us awoke early in the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond Campground on the second day of our recent winter expedition into Baxter State Park with the goal of climbing North Traveler Mountain.

DOVER-FOXCROFT— This June, the Center Theatre and Bissell Brothers Brewing are thrilled to bring a spectacular event to the Piscataquis County Ice Arena that promises to dazzle and delight audiences of all ages.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board voted to accept a recommendation from the Mayo Mill Dam steering committee that removing the dam and connecting facilities and building a riverfront park is in the town’s best interests moving forward.

WASHINGTON, D.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine judge who failed field sobriety tests with a blood alcohol content nearly double the legal limit was acquitted of operating under the influence after a jury trial.

WASHINGTON, D.

DEXTER — Students from six schools across the region wanting to make a difference came together to take part in workshops, share what they are doing, and brainstorm ideas all focused on leading positive change in their schools and communities at the Positive Action Team Summit on Friday, March 22 at Dexter Regional High School.

By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff State evaluators failed to carefully review bids by two local organizations competing against an out-of-state company for a massive contract to arrange transportation for Medicaid patients who have no other ride to medical appointments, the nonprofits’ attorneys argued before an appeal panel last week.

Bill Jarvis has no idea how many visitors will descend on Jackman, the western Maine town of fewer than 800 people, for the total solar eclipse.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill awaiting the governor’s signature will require two of the state’s departments that deal with fisheries to be responsible for a plan to keep invasive species from taking over waters important to native fish.

Grade 8, high honors: Raelynn Anderson, Adam Brown, Ava Brown, Kaitlyn Cookson, Callie Cox, Keegan Cromwell, Hannah Derosier, Aubrey Ladd, Allaynah Rolfe, Sherisa Williams, Lily Wintle; honors: Jackson Clark, Jerimiah Cobb.

The Maine Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Lydia R.