DEXTER — SAD 46 has been awarded a $1,430,069 Career and Technical Education Equipment Bond from the Maine Department of Education to help upgrade equipment for various programs at the Tri-County Technical Center.

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

EBEEMEE TOWNSHIP – Piscataquis County volunteer Victoria Flynn from Ebeemee Township has been announced as the Girl Scouts of Maine Volunteer of the Month for October.

AUGUSTA — Debora Rountree, director of University of Maine at Augusta East Millinocket Center, is the recipient of the Maine Development Foundation Honors 2024 Champion of Rural Economic Development Award.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several days after announcing that the Piscataquis Regional YMCA operations at 48 Park Street will be closing no later than Friday, Nov.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and election officials in other states are urging voters to return absentee ballots as soon as possible ahead of the Nov.

The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC in December (meeting invite and registration will be sent separately).

By Josh Keefe, The Maine Monitor Republican Steven Foster is running for his fourth term in the State House’s lower chamber, representing Dexter and several other towns west of Bangor.

BROWNVILLE — Just in time for Fire Prevention Week, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met Oct.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff On a rainy summer day, Mainers gathered in parking lots from Doxer-Foxcroft to Yarmouth, carrying dozens of roosters in cat carriers, dog crates, boxes and children’s tents.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA Board of Directors has announced that the YMCA operations at 48 Park Street in Dover-Foxcroft will be closing no later than Friday, Nov.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine delegation asked the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid coverage on Oct.

GREENVILLE — For several years the Moosehead Caring for Kids Foundation, town of Greenville, and the school system have been working toward planning and constructing a new facility on the campus of the Greenville Consolidated School on Pritham Avenue in the approximate footprint of the former Nickerson Elementary School.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Partners for Peace has several events planned for Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University congratulates the following students on being named to the summer 2024 president’s list, for earning a grade point average of 3.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff From the economy to lobster and abortion, the first debate between U.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The first debate between U.