By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The man shot last week when he allegedly robbed a Dover-Foxcroft store reportedly told police he was “in a bad way” and needed money for drugs.

MILO — A proposed 2021-22 SAD 41 budget totaling $10,217,483 was approved June 15 during the annual district budget meeting held in the Walter “Eddie” Oakes Gymnasium at Penquis Valley High School.

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By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers who put off building a new deck or doing other renovations to their homes because of outrageously high lumber prices can breathe a tentative sigh of relief, as those prices appear to finally be going down.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After recently replacing a ladder truck, the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department will also be switching out a 1999 pumper truck for a new model sometime in 2022.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — A teacher who taught generations of students over three decades at the former Morton Avenue Elementary School and was a friend to pupils, parents, colleagues and neighbors alike will be remembered with a memorial bench.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is very excited to announce that we will be collaborating with Widdershins Farm LLC again this summer! Widdershins is a local farm in Dover-Foxcroft offering a wide variety of services and products and includes a creamery and farm store that is open seven days a week.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Denny Breau will be performing a live concert at the Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft at 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Early on Saturday, June 12 Dover-Foxcroft Police responded to a reported motor vehicle vs.

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The first-ever courtesy boat inspections in the Moosehead region are underway at the Lower Wilson Pond public boat ramp.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anna Shaw Buck Prize for Excellence in Written Spanish: Caleb Fockens C.

By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill that would have created more oversight of Maine’s county sheriffs died in the Legislature.

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

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Tim Lander couldn’t understand why his text message notification tone kept going off.

AUGUSTA — Gov.