By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine company failed to help and retaliated against a Black and Hispanic employee who was subjected to a year of racist insults, a lawsuit filed last week said.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three weeks before residents head to the polls on Tuesday, June 11, Dover-Foxcroft citizens had the opportunity to learn more about the referendum ballot questions during a May 20 public hearing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts has announced a Whoopie Pie Skate Party at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena.

Photo courtesy of Emily Adams GARLAND OBSERVANCE — With the American flag in the background at half staff to commemorate Memorial Day, the veterans pictured were among the many who attended this year’s Memorial Day observance in Garland.

Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, and Highland Area Gleaners announce seven free produce pop-up markets in Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, and Greenville.

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service has been awarded two Community Wildfire Defense Grants to support at-risk communities in Northern and Downeast Maine.

MILO — The Milo Events and Bicentennial Committees invite the public to join a day of fun and festivities at the annual Black Fly Festival on Saturday, June 1.

GUILFORD — A proposed 2024-25 SAD 4 budget totalling $9,247,391 was approved during the evening of May 22 at the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Portland has its much-vaunted food scene.

By Leigh Tass, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A man serving a life sentence for killing two Maine teenagers in a landlord-tenant dispute has died in prison.

For the fourth year the Center Theatre for the Performing Arts in Dover-Foxcroft is looking for high school students to perform around the region for the summer.

AUGUSTA – Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of the boating season in Maine for many, and the Maine Warden Service is urging all boaters to wear your life jacket, boat safely, and if you are under 25 years of age, complete a boating safety education course.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY PARADE — The American Legion Post 41 color guard leads the annual Milo Memorial Day parade across the Henry “Butch” Heal Jr.

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Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY IN DOVER-FOXCROFT – Participants in the 2022 Memorial Day parade in Dover-Foxcroft march from the fire station down East Main Street to the Piscataquis River bridge for a wreath ceremony.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health shared people’s personal medical information with Facebook, a lawsuit filed last week alleges.

A new program aims to speed up and personalize job searches for residents of the Maine county with the state’s highest rate of unemployment.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Sons of Union Veterans and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold a memorial service for Civil War veterans John Gould and Edwin Pratt at 3 p.