DOVER-FOXCROFT – We are still in the midst of the 2021-22 school year, but we are rapidly approaching the summer season.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly 1,000 volunteers were a key part of the effort last year to set up and staff COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the 10-hospital Northern Light Health network.

MILO — American Legion Auxiliary Unit 41 of Milo sponsored an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16 at the Veteran’s Memorial Park near the riverfront.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis residents in rural areas who don’t have internet could soon be connected under a new county program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners, frustrated with the county’s economic development council’s former leader and his focus on broadband, debated this week whether to cut the group’s funding.

The Piscataquis County Democrats are raising money to help feed Ukrainian people through World Central Kitchen.

DEXTER — The bathhouse at the Lake Wassookeag public beach will be remodeled to include four separate bathrooms, new doors and windows and fresh paint in the coming months.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Pan Am Railways, Maine’s largest rail operator, will merge with Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX Transportation, the fourth-largest rail transportation company in the U.

HAMPDEN – CUSO Home Lending, a licensed mortgage company owned by credit unions and The Maine Credit Union League, has announced that they have signed a contract with MaineStream Finance to manage the servicing of their current portfolio of loans and take on servicing of any new loans they close going forward.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each month the SeDoMoCha School recognizes “Students in the Spotlight” celebrating pupils from kindergarten to grade 8 and a staff member who teachers and staff have determined best demonstrate a specific positive attribute or characteristic chosen for the timeframe from the Habits of Mind (a set of life skills for educators and parents).

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The community transmission levels of COVID-19 have significantly increased throughout the state since last month, data released on Thursday by the U.

MONSON – Monson’s official Bicentennial birthday ceremony is set to take place from 2-4 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – SeDoMoCha Elementary School’s drama program Stageworks, Jr.

DEXTER — An Orneville man is facing multiple charges after allegedly kidnapping his 4-year-old son from his mother-in-law’s home and fleeing in a vehicle, then returning for money and trying to take his daughter.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are teaming up for PCSWCD’s spring installment of our Families in the Outdoors program, Fisheries Day.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A man was taken to a local hospital but in good condition after his pacemaker shocked him at a State House rally on April 11  that police said likely happened because of interference from a sound system.

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 school board approved a 2022-23 budget totaling $7,772,120 during an April 12 meeting at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU FOOD CENTER CONTRIBUTION – Kelly Sirimoglu, left, of the Piscataquis Regional Food Center received a check from Danielle Mailloux with Maine Highlands FCU.