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Stock your private pond through PCSWCD’s annual trout sale

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Private ponds that are stocked with trout provide multiple benefits for landowners and their families.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife schedules virtual presentations

Join Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife fisheries and wildlife biologists for the following live presentations on the MDIFW YouTube page.

Community group criticizes county commissioners

The nonpartisan community group, PROACT!, announced that they presented the Piscataquis County Commissioners with a petition signed online by over 300 people asking the commissioners to rescind their January ‘Resolution of Protest.

State bureau amending use plan for Little Moose Mountain to allow for 25 miles of mountain bike trails

The outdoor recreation attractions in and around the Moosehead Lake region could soon include up to 25 miles of mountain bike trails on Little Moose Mountain Public Reserved Land.

4 more Mainers die and another 547 coronavirus cases are reported across the state

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

Bangor Savings Bank donates nearly $1.2M in past year to COVID-19 relief efforts

BANGOR — With 2020 certain to be remembered for COVID-19 and social unrest, Bangor Savings Bank focused its charitable giving in precisely those areas and finished its fiscal year with nearly $1.

SAD 46 students will learn remotely for rest of week following five positive cases

DEXTER — All students at the Ridge View Community School and Dexter Regional High School will be learning remotely for the rest of the week after five people associated with SAD 46 have tested positive for COVID-19.

Wild turkeys abound as hunting season approaches

D-F selectmen await plan for dangerous building on Lincoln Street

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen approved a dangerous building order for a home and attached barn at 72 Lincoln Street to address long-standing problems with the property.

2 more Mainers die and another 571 coronavirus cases are reported across the state

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

Man killed while transporting logs in Charleston

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A man has died from injuries that occurred when loading a trailer with logs in Charleston on Sunday afternoon, April 10.

D-F Age-Friendly Committee reconvenes

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After a year of downtime, the Dover-Foxcroft Age-friendly Committee has reconvened.

Bill would make it easier for Maine landowners to remove nuisance beavers

By Charles Eichacker, Maine Public The beaver has been one of the nation’s great ecological comeback stories.

NAMI Maine seeks volunteers to teach NAMI Family-to-Family courses

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, is seeking volunteers interested in being trained as certified NAMI Family-to-Family teachers.

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to help with insurance enrollment

House District Rep.

Dover-Foxcroft’s Jim Robinson secures naming rights to new Foxcroft Academy Field House

Groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for May 3 DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jim Robinson, a 1959 Foxcroft Academy graduate and owner of A.

Another Mainer dies and 296 more coronavirus cases are reported across the state

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

Maine CDC reports 215 new coronavirus cases in the state

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

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