DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four enthusiastic direct care volunteers have completed the four-week training program and have entered the “ranks” of the Pine Tree Hospice corps of volunteer non-medical care providers.

Grade 12, high honors: Shane Favour Siima Birungi, Emma Jeanne Elaine Bither, Giada Boglio, Heidi Clawson, Hailey Lynn Coelho, Carter S.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The new fiscal year has just begun, but Piscataquis County officials have started preliminary work on the 2026 Piscataquis County budget and the 2026-27 Unorganized Territory budget.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite seeming to be in free fall for months, Northern Light Health insists it’s not looking to sell its hospitals — and experts say the health care system can avoid that drastic step if it acts quickly.

Grade 12, high honors: Skyler Brennan, Lucas Chai, Adelie Chaullier, Kyle Curtis, Abigail Davis, Makayla Ferris, Kalea Gahagan, Lydia Gauvin, Sara Giovanardi, Tristan Goodwin, Brenan Grant, Abel Gunn, Kayla Hatt, Rylee Heal, Samantha Lane, McKenzie McMahon, Haylee Newman, Savannah Spencer, Whitnee Stone; honors: Jimmy Annance, Gavin Chase, James Chenkin, Lily Coons, William Hemenway, Wyatt Ladd Ahreanna Sawyer.

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The Atlantic Salmon Federation, in partnership with Piscataquis County, NOAA Fisheries and the Maine Department of Transportation, will be working in July and August to replace two  undersized culverts under the Katahdin Iron Works Road with new bridges to improve fish  passage, flood capacity and the integrity of the KIW Road.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The potential site for a new Penobscot County Jail has been narrowed down to two properties.

The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation has awarded $157,089 in grants to 15 nonprofit organizations across Northern New England.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The “nerdy” changes within Penobscot County’s criminal justice system are what District Defender Logan Perkins is most proud of during her first year on the job.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — The following local residents were among 485 who received degrees from Grove City College on May 10: Andrew Marston of Dover-Foxcroft earned a bachelor of science in computer science.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A St.

Grade 12, highest honors: Lucy Alexander, Keira Bennett, Addyson Brown, McKenzie Clay, Lillian Cooley, Cole Doherty, Preslee Dow, Chase Farnsworth, Avery Fogler, Claire Fogler, Amelia Greaves, Megan Hreben, Emily Manter, Willis Rienhardt, Aleandra Vafiades, Brianna Vafiades; high honors: Sunny Bache, Seth Craig, Teegn Day, Fannie Patel, Elizabeth Roberts; honors: Issiah Amazeen, Ariel Anderson, Jason Bowden, Abigail Bradley, Thomas Burgess, Alice Childers, Ethan Doherty, Kelsey Doore, Kayleigh Dunton, Alexander Gilbert-Noke, Andrea Gilman, Olivia Higgins, Gabrielle Judkins, Kenzie Kimball, Carolyn Lufkin, Trevor Picariello, Sabrina Pike.

ATKINSON — The annual Atkinson Quilt show will be Saturday, July 19 at the Atkinson UMC on the South Stagecoach Road.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Seven people have been charged in connection with what prosecutors describe as a multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana growing, human trafficking and money laundering operation in Maine and Massachusetts.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation has released a comprehensive housing roadmap for the communities of Greenville, Lincoln and Old Town.

WILLIAMSBURG TWP — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting the seventh annual foraging workshop on Saturday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to welcome Brittany Hackett, PA-C, to its practitioner team at Northern Light Primary Care, Dover-Foxcroft.