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                                                                                                    Photo courtesy of Sarah Ryan, NextHome Experience ON THE LAKE — This more than 8,100-square-foot house in Dover-Foxcroft is for sale for just under $2 million. The home is positioned on a small peninsula and has 450 feet of private frontage on Sebec Lake.
                                                                                                    Photo courtesy of Sarah Ryan, NextHome Experience ON THE LAKE — This more than 8,100-square-foot house in Dover-Foxcroft is for sale for just under $2 million. The home is positioned on a small peninsula and has 450 feet of private frontage on Sebec Lake.
                                                                                                    This $2M Sebec Lake house has a recording studio in the basement
                                                                                                    November 26, 2025
                                                                                                    By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — When Kelly and Peter Dennis bought their more than 8,100-square-foot house on Sebec Lake in Dover-Foxcroft in 2021, they didn’t plan on owning the largest estate on the lake.  At the time, the family was looking for a seasonal lakefront getaway, but the five-bedroom, four bathroom property was overgrown and needed some exterior updates.
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                                                                                                    Investors sue Maine over commercial solar farm law
                                                                                                    By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Investors behind 111 solar energy farms in Maine filed a lawsuit on Nov.
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                                                                                                    Dover-Foxcroft select board approves Villages Project feasibility study
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board accepted the Villages Project Main Street Feasibility Study during a Nov.
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                                                                                                    Maine credit unions surpass October fundraising goal to fight food insecurity
                                                                                                    WESTBROOK — October marked the return of Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger’s annual $100,000 Ending Hunger Challenge.
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                                                                                                    Milo Garden Club news
                                                                                                    MILO — Milo Garden Club members and guests outdid their bidding at the Nov.
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                                                                                                    FA Key Club Festival of Stockings
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy Key Club is hosting its 5th Annual Festival of Stockings on Saturday, Dec.
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                                                                                                    Valley Grange gifts dictionaries to area third graders
                                                                                                    A longstanding tradition in the region’s schools continued earlier this month as the Valley Grange of Guilford provided all area third graders with a dictionary through the Dictionary Project and the Grange’s Words for Thirds program.
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                                                                                                    Contributed photo ‘FIFTY SEASONS’ — A bear cub is seen in the documentary “Fifty Seasons”, which follows Maine wildlife biologists as they conduct one of the nation’s longest-running black bear studies. The video is now on YouTube.
                                                                                                    Contributed photo ‘FIFTY SEASONS’ — A bear cub is seen in the documentary “Fifty Seasons”, which follows Maine wildlife biologists as they conduct one of the nation’s longest-running black bear studies. The video is now on YouTube.
                                                                                                    ‘Fifty Seasons’ documentary highlights Maine black bear research
                                                                                                    November 23, 2025
                                                                                                    By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff A new documentary detailing 50 years of black bear research in Maine was released Nov. 22 on YouTube by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
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                                                                                                    Aroostook eighth graders will explore the Allagash starting next year
                                                                                                    By Chris Bouchard, The County Staff ALLAGASH — Thanks to a new program, nearly a hundred St.
                                                                                                    6 days ago
                                                                                                    Maine Field Hockey Association honors
                                                                                                    A half dozen players from the region were honored by the Maine Field Hockey Association for the 2025 season.
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                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    Supporting our veterans beyond the uniform
                                                                                                    To the Editor; As we honored our veterans this November, it’s important to recognize that their service doesn’t end when they return home.
                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    Maine should remain wary of private equity takeovers of hospitals
                                                                                                    By Geoffrey Gratwick, MD Maine’s health care system is in a death spiral.
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                                                                                                    Southeast Piscataquis Regional Democrats collect for Dyer’s Hope House
                                                                                                    Contributed photoFOOD PANTRY DONATIONS — The Southeast Piscataquis Regional Democrats want to thank the management of Tradewinds Market in Milo and their customers for allowing us to spend four hours outside on a cold Nov.
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                                                                                                    There really were poor farms
                                                                                                    By Nancy Battick Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.
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                                                                                                    Don’t undermine the engine of our local economy
                                                                                                    To the Editor;Community response to the county budget advisory committee’s recommendation to cut all programmatic grants (except for hospice) and to the commissioner’s subsequent proposed changes to the recommended budget announced at the start of the meeting on Tuesday, Nov.
                                                                                                    6 days ago
                                                                                                    Federal drug pricing program needs reform
                                                                                                    To the Editor; Maine’s hospitals, community health centers, and rural clinics depend on the 340B Drug Pricing Program to help deliver care to patients who might otherwise go without.
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                                                                                                    Dover Low Vision Group meets Dec. 5
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting at the Central Hall Commons, 152 East Main St.
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                                                                                                    Calendar of events
                                                                                                    Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.
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                                                                                                    UMaine Extension to offer farm succession planning online or in-person
                                                                                                    University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer “Set Your Farm’s Future on the Right Path”, a six-month farm succession planning group, on the second Monday of each month from Dec.
                                                                                                    5 days ago
                                                                                                    Flower farming featured at UMaine Extension’s next commercial horticulture webinar
                                                                                                    University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a webinar on starting and managing a successful flower farming operation from 6–7:15 p.
                                                                                                    6 days ago
                                                                                                    Local application submitted for regional comprehensive high school
                                                                                                    DEXTER — Two area school districts and the region’s career and technical education center have applied for state funding for a comprehensive high school that will combine traditional academics, career and technical education, and access to college courses.
                                                                                                    6 days ago
                                                                                                    Nearly half of Maine’s voters participated in off-year election
                                                                                                    By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Nearly half of Maine’s registered voters participated in this year’s November election, which was much higher turnout than during the past two off-year elections.
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                                                                                                    Inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility dies at 67
                                                                                                    By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff  CHARLESTON — An inmate at Mountain View Correctional Facility died shortly before 10 p.
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                                                                                                    Greenville code enforcement officer to depart
                                                                                                    GREENVILLE — Greenville Code Enforcement Officer Ron Sarol will be leaving the position early next month.
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                                                                                                    Greenville looks to revise land use ordinance with motorsports definition
                                                                                                    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is looking to finalize a proposed revision to the town’s land use ordinance by including a new definition pertaining to motorsports businesses.
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