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                                                                                                    Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom LUNCH WITH THE SHERIFF -- Piscataquis County Sheriff Bob Young chats with Piscataquis Community Elementary School kindergarteners during a Thanksgiving lunch in 2019. Young has announced that he will not seek reelection when his term expires at the end of 2026 after eight years as sheriff and decades in law enforcement.
                                                                                                    Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom LUNCH WITH THE SHERIFF -- Piscataquis County Sheriff Bob Young chats with Piscataquis Community Elementary School kindergarteners during a Thanksgiving lunch in 2019. Young has announced that he will not seek reelection when his term expires at the end of 2026 after eight years as sheriff and decades in law enforcement.
                                                                                                    Sheriff Young won’t seek reelection
                                                                                                    January 8, 2026
                                                                                                    By Bridget Huber, Bangor Daily News Staff Piscataquis County Sheriff Bob Young will not seek reelection, he announced Jan. 8 in a message on his office’s Facebook page.
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                                                                                                    Ridge View Community School honor roll
                                                                                                    Grade eight habits of work honors: Elijah Garland, Aiden Hamilton, Ava Kimball, Bentley Roderick, Addyson Thompson, Karter Vega; high honors: Peyton Hill, Cierra Canfield, Cameron Cobb, Sophie Denty, Blake Dodge, Makayla Holcomb, Kelsey Roy, Emma Spizuoco.
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                                                                                                    What to do with ash from your wood stove
                                                                                                    By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Throughout winter, when people are burning wood stoves, many households end up with piles of ashes, and most simply dump them in the woods or trash.
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                                                                                                    The most expensive homes sold in each Maine county last year
                                                                                                    By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s most extravagant properties have attracted famous names such as John Travolta and Martha Stewart for decades.
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                                                                                                    Cushing reelected as Penobscot County Commissioners chair
                                                                                                    By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Andre Cushing was reelected chair of the Penobscot County Commissioners with a 2-1 vote at the commissioners meeting on Jan.
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                                                                                                    What’s next for a bill that would let Maine counties declare bankruptcy
                                                                                                    By Daniel O’Connor, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s the first week of the new legislative session, but the clock is already ticking on a bill that would allow Maine counties and municipalities to declare bankruptcy if they default on their debts — something that could happen within weeks in Washington County.
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                                                                                                    RSU 68 officials start work on 2026-27 budget
                                                                                                    SEBEC — A week into the new year, RSU 68 officials are working on developing the budget for the 2026-27 academic year.
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                                                                                                    Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom HEIGHT ADVANTAGE — Penquis sophomore Jake Haffenreffer uses a 9-inch difference in height to shoot over Bangor Christian junior Drake Nash during the second quarter of a Jan. 3 game in Milo, to the left is Penquis senior Michael Coburn. Bangor Christian won 63-28.
                                                                                                    Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom HEIGHT ADVANTAGE — Penquis sophomore Jake Haffenreffer uses a 9-inch difference in height to shoot over Bangor Christian junior Drake Nash during the second quarter of a Jan. 3 game in Milo, to the left is Penquis senior Michael Coburn. Bangor Christian won 63-28.
                                                                                                    Bangor Christian tops Penquis in two meetings of Patriots
                                                                                                    January 5, 2026
                                                                                                    MILO — The Bangor Christian School swept a girls/boys afternoon doubleheader at Penquis Valley High School on Saturday, Jan. 3.
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                                                                                                    Three area boys win indoor track events
                                                                                                    ORONO — Three male area athletes won events at a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on the morning of Saturday, Jan.
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                                                                                                    Maine anglers kick off the new year on the ice
                                                                                                    By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Early ice fishing opportunities in Maine exist in December on specific lakes and ponds, but the official statewide season typically begins Jan 1.
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                                                                                                    I sat in someone else’s tree stand — and then this happened
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                                                                                                    Trump’s worldview leaves US isolated and less safe
                                                                                                    To the Editor; It is not the 19th century and the Monroe Doctrine is not relevant in 2026.
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                                                                                                    AARP Maine’s News You Can Use
                                                                                                    By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Happy New Year 2026! Along with the new year, many people make New Year’s resolutions.
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                                                                                                    This was the most important lesson of my guiding career
                                                                                                    By John Floyd It was a foggy, damp October morning deep in the North Maine Woods, the second day of the annual Maine cow moose hunt.
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                                                                                                    Why this angler avoids ice fishing for brook trout
                                                                                                    By Al Raychard Our kind and generous outdoors editor, Susan Bard, recently asked if I do any early season ice fishing for brook trout.
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                                                                                                    Why were so many deer permits issued in Maine this year?
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                                                                                                    Calendar of events
                                                                                                    Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.
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                                                                                                    SBA launches disaster relief to small businesses and nonprofits hit by cold and moisture
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                                                                                                    How Penobscot County’s former administrator would fix its budget crisis
                                                                                                    By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County commissioners and officials should take additional steps to solve the county’s current budget problems, former County Administrator Scott Adkins said.
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                                                                                                    Winter workshops at Guilford Memorial Library
                                                                                                    GUILFORD — Late last summer Wendy Lorrigan, a resident of Sangerville who teaches art at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in addition to being a community artist, was awarded two grants.
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                                                                                                    Maine will start tracking how much housing is being built in the state
                                                                                                    By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s largest city approved more than 1,300 new units of housing in 2025 — but only 159 homes were actually built in the last year.
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                                                                                                    Maine’s campaign to manage invasive spruce budworm is in its 2nd year
                                                                                                    By Pete McGuire, Maine Public Timberland owners and state officials hope to capitalize on a successful pesticide campaign against a spruce budworm outbreak by resuming aerial treatment next spring.
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                                                                                                    Commissioners set chair, vice chair for 2026
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the first meeting of 2026 on Tuesday morning, the Piscataquis County Commissioners set the chair and vice chair for the new year.
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                                                                                                    Sangerville fire receives $56,000 grant for equipment
                                                                                                    SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Fire Department has been awarded $56,000 from the Gloria C.
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                                                                                                    Man charged in Bangor homicide arrested for violating house arrest
                                                                                                    By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A man accused of assisting in a Bangor homicide is back in jail, roughly six months after his bail was drastically lowered.
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