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Penquis receives $250,000 Housing for Everyone Grant from TD Charitable Foundation

BANGOR — Penquis C.

Prepared to care: SAFE support for sexual assault and violence survivors

DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than 19,000 people in Maine are sexually assaulted each year, and one in five Mainers will experience sexual violence in their lifetimes.

Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis’ annual Piscataquis River Race set for Saturday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 52nd annual Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft Piscataquis River Race is set for the morning of Saturday, April 25 from Guilford to Dover-Foxcroft.

Free summer camp and swim lessons at Dexter Beach

DEXTER — The Piscataquis Area Community Center and the Dexter Development Association are excited to offer two free youth programs at Dexter Beach this summer, providing children with opportunities to stay active, build confidence in the water and enjoy the outdoors.

Greenville will go purple for Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

GREENVILLE — The town of Greenville will continue to symbolically change its name to a different color to mark Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month in June.

Spruce Street housing project given preliminary approval

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center subdivision application for a 28-unit housing development off Spruce Street to help provide more affordable options in town is nearing final approval from the Greenville Planning Board.

Milo seeks grant for sidewalk project

MILO — The town of Milo is seeking up to $100,000 in Community Enterprise Grant funds from the state to install a sidewalk along Penquis Drive, off West Main Street to the Penquis Valley School, this summer.

SAD 4 board approves near $9.6M budget

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 Board of Directors gave its approval to a $9,574,394 budget for 2026-27 during a meeting on April 14 at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

County Democrats event benefits families in need

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the Piscataquis County Democrats sponsored “Together in Community, United in Song” at the Commons in Dover-Foxcroft.

Dexter field lighting project reaches $150K milestone

DEXTER — The field lighting project at Dexter Regional High School has reached $150,000, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe announced in an April 17 post on the Dexter Maine Facebook page.

The loud political fight over high-priced Maine moose hunts

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — New restrictions on high-priced moose hunts are moving forward despite a bitter clash between guides and an unexpected fight in the Maine Legislature.

Sangerville man killed in motorcycle crash on interstate

SIDNEY — On Saturday, April 18, at approximately 5:36 p.

Maine author teaches kids about writing through Allagash Wilderness Waterway tales

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A roomful of fidgety second graders fell silent when wilderness author Tim Caverly started the ghostly tale of a 150-year-old lumberjacks’ boarding house along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

FAME launches new webpage to improve Mainers’ financial skills

AUGUSTA — April is Financial Literacy Month and what better time to roll out new financial wellness resources.

Dr. Peterson to retire as Millinocket hospital CEO

MILLINOCKET — Millinocket Regional Hospital announced that Chief Executive Officer Dr.

‘Blanketeers’ sought to create for children in need

GUILFORD — Valley Grange of Guilford is sponsoring a blanket-making event from 9 a.

Potter appointed as Maine’s next Poet Laureate

AUGUSTA — Gov.

This private island with a rustic camp is selling for just $150K

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff MILO — An off-the-grid A-frame cabin in Milo that sits on its own quarter-acre private island in the Sebec River is on the market for under $150,000.

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