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Co-Working Space receives additional $17,000 Maine Community Foundation grant

MONSON — Friday, June 25 from 5-7 p.

Piscataquis becomes first Maine county to declare itself Second Amendment sanctuary

By David Marino Jr.

Man shot during Dover-Foxcroft robbery reportedly told police he was ‘in a bad way’

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.

$10.2 million SAD 41 budget moved to June 24 referendum

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.

5 more Mainers have died and another 51 coronavirus cases reported across the state

This story will be updated.

After historic highs, lumber prices are finally beginning to drop

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.

New D-F Fire Department pumper truck in the works

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.

The cost of salmon recovery keeps going up

Memorial bench honors long-time Morton Avenue Elementary teacher

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.

3 Mainers die and another 29 coronavirus cases are reported across the state

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Rotational grazing workshop offered by PCSWCD and Widdershins Farm

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.

Live music returns to the Center Theatre

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

Pedestrian killed in D-F

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

13 coronavirus cases reported across the state

This story will be updated.

Courtesy boat inspections underway at Lower Wilson Pond ramp

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

2021 Foxcroft Academy senior and postgraduate scholarships and awards

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

Sheriff oversight proposal dies in Legislature

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

Dexter Regional High School May Students of the Month

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.

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