By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for a federal investigation into Penobscot County’s intended use of COVID-19 relief dollars to fund repairs at its chronically overcrowded jail.

Nonprofit organizations in Piscataquis County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program.

GREENVILLE — A workshop related to an opportunity to seek state funding from a $4.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — U.

Bangor Daily News file photo SLED DOG RACE PRESENTATION — The Shaw Public Library will present “The Wilderness Sled Dog Race: The Journey with Griffin and his Musher” at 4 p.

Photo courtesy of KC’s Country Store BIGGEST DEER — KC’s Country Store of Parkman has announced that Leah Gallant, 13 of Fairfield, is the winner of the 2022 youth biggest deer contest.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy students present the “History of Foxcroft Academy”   on Thursday evening, Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County is inviting students of all ages to design a logo or seal that celebrates the area’s heritage and beauty, and one that officials can use on documents, business cards and in other places.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — This has been a difficult and unpredictable winter with little safe ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first GFW Miosac Club meeting of the new year was held on Jan.

DEXTER — A project to replace the terminal building and improve the site at the Dexter Regional Airport should see completion, despite higher than anticipated construction costs.

By Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor State officials said they’re barely keeping up with the demand for lawyers to represent the poor in criminal and family cases, even as Maine takes gradual steps to shed its status as the only state without a public defender system.

GREENVILLE  — After the only major child care center in Greenville announced it was closing in December 2021, area leaders and residents came together to renovate it and keep it running.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff The first night in her new rural Maine home, shrill screams woke Lindsey Abbott from a sound sleep.

By Murray Carpenter, Maine Public The warm winter weather is not just a problem for snowmobilers and skiers, it’s also keeping loggers out of the woods.

MILO — With the new year underway, SAD 41 administrators have started to work on the district budget for the 2023-24 academic year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Corinth family that has owned and operated Whitney’s Family Supermarket for nearly a decade is expanding with a convenience store and gas station in Dover-Foxcroft.

Ice conditions vary across the state, and the Maine Warden Service is urging everyone to check the ice before heading out onto any of Maine’s lakes, ponds, and rivers.