A Superior Court justice has ordered Eastern Maine Railway to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to five Piscataquis County towns whose firefighters responded to fires beside the railroad tracks in May.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Home fires, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and can be devastating to our loved ones, homes and communities.

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

SANGERVILLE — Northern Light Primary Care, Sangerville welcomes Shawn Marie Higgins, DO, to its provider team.

HOUSE DISTRICT 30 Representing Abbot, Beaver Cove, Bowerbank,  Greenville, Guilford, Monson, Parkman,  Sangerville, Sebec, Shirley, Willimantic  plus the unorganized territories of Blanchard Township, Northeast Piscataquis  Barnard and Elliottsville Townships)  and Northwest Piscataquis James White, R-Guilford 2,501 W.

By David Marino Jr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Veterans Day on Friday, Nov.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Garland man has been arrested on federal charges out of New York alleging that he was part of a conspiracy to buy guns in Maine and send them to the Dominican Republic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha Middle School students can grab a snack for late in the day, pack up a bag of food for a weekend of meals, and even pick up clothing and school supplies at the school’s food market set up in a room and closet space off the cafeteria.

GREENVILLE — An area resident donated a pair of 2012 Sea-Doo jet skis to Greenville for the police and fire departments to use for emergency calls on Moosehead Lake and other local waterways.

GUILFORD — For several weeks, Piscataquis Community Elementary School students and teachers have been able to use the “Pirate Portal,” a 360-degree virtual reality classroom, along with two dozen virtual reality headsets and eight 360 GoPros.

Central Maine Power is proud to announce a donation of $50,000 to Operation Reboot Outdoors.

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MONSON — Monson Arts – an art center and artist residency program — is seeking art for their winter exhibition, “Artists of the Maine Highlands, Today and Tomorrow.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff While a holiday will interrupt the process, a ranked-choice voting count in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is expected to take just over a week to finish if no candidate emerges with a majority of first-place votes in Tuesday’s election.

By Aislinn Sarnacki “All the leaves are on the ground,” I lamented after a recent rainstorm knocked the fall foliage from the trees.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Highlands Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the return of the Fall Folk Festival, after a three-year hiatus, from 2-8 p.