GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School Principal Anita Wright has been named as Maine’s National Association of Elementary School Principals National Distinguished Principal of the Year for 2023.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange is announcing plans to award 2023 Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarships to one or more deserving SAD 4 residents continuing their education beyond high school.

In honor of their 50-year history, Partners for Peace, Maine’s first domestic violence resource center, is collecting 50 stories from people affected by domestic abuse to be highlighted in October.

MILO — The town of Milo will be sending out five requests for proposals to engineering/building firms for a design-build of the near $6.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The chairperson of the Penobscot County commissioners voted to hire a lobbyist he personally worked with as recently as last year.

AUGUSTA — Rep.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Officials in RSU 68 are working on a 2023-24 budget that currently totals nearly $13.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — With about $2.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A three-unit apartment building and attached barn in Dover-Foxcroft were destroyed in a blaze Tuesday, and the town’s fire chief credited nearby contractors with saving the lives of a few residents.

Northern Light Health reported a significant increase in the number of lung cancer screenings conducted in March.

ANNANDALE, Minnesota — Malco Products, SBC, one of the nation’s leading solution developers and manufacturers of a variety of high-quality tools for the building trades, announced the winners of its first-ever Building Exterior Trade-Pro of the Year Award program.

WILLIAMSBURG — Register and join us for a morning bird walk on Saturday, May 20 as we explore springtime birds at the Williamsburg Forest, formerly known as the Demonstration Forest, in Williamsburg! The Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be co-hosting with Forest Society of Maine Conservation Specialist Kristin Peet, experienced birder Shane Barker and Maine Audubon Society’s birder Nick Lund.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff There are a bunch of hunting-related items in the pipeline for the Maine Legislature.

By Ron Chase On the third day of our six-day Baxter State Park expedition, eight of us awoke in the midst of a stormy Northeaster.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff After many doctors closed their offices to patient visits earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine libraries became critical health care hubs.

MILO — At last month’s annual town meeting  many of the articles making up the warrant were not voted on by residents.

AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service announced the expansion of its emergency order restricting the movement of ash trees, green ash waste, ash firewood, and any other materials that may be a means of emerald ash border transportation.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Calvin Klopp of Gray knows that ice fishing requires skill and experience, but it never hurts to have a little luck on your side.