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                                                                                                  Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom WHATEVER CAN FLOAT THEIR BOATS — The annual Anything Floats race was part of the Bicentennial edition of the Monson Summerfest three years ago. Two entrants in 2022 raced their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock. The all-girls “The Sweet Frogs” team, right, reached the finish line first before a trio of boys with their craft. This year’s race will start at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 19 during the 2025 Monson Summerfest.
                                                                                                  Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom WHATEVER CAN FLOAT THEIR BOATS — The annual Anything Floats race was part of the Bicentennial edition of the Monson Summerfest three years ago. Two entrants in 2022 raced their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock. The all-girls “The Sweet Frogs” team, right, reached the finish line first before a trio of boys with their craft. This year’s race will start at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 19 during the 2025 Monson Summerfest.
                                                                                                  Summerfest returns to Monson on Saturday
                                                                                                  July 18, 2025
                                                                                                  MONSON — Monson’s Summerfest takes place Saturday, July 19, an annual celebration of all things summer. The day is packed with a full schedule of fun for all ages.
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                                                                                                  Greenville Consolidated School fourth quarter honor roll
                                                                                                  Grade 12 honors: Haley Ferland, Lakely St.
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                                                                                                  Abrupt end to tax credits brings turbulence to Maine’s heat pump and solar industries
                                                                                                  By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale.
                                                                                                  7 hours ago
                                                                                                  Fidium set to begin fiber construction in Brownville
                                                                                                  BROWNVILLE – Fidium, Maine’s best internet provider according to CNET, is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Brownville bringing symmetrical, multi-gig speed internet to more than 450 homes and businesses.
                                                                                                  8 hours ago
                                                                                                  Piscataquis Community Secondary School quarter 4 honor roll
                                                                                                  Grade 12, highest honors: Timothy MacNeil; high honors: Jordan Brown, Abbigail Burgess, Gavyn Gilbert, Khloe Kimball, Gabriella Koscielny, Sevren Lenihan, Jonathan MacNeil, Rylee White-Chabot; honors: Baylynn Grant, Alaska Maloon, Aurora Page, Ashur Rowell.
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                                                                                                  Sangerville’s Two Knights Festival Saturday
                                                                                                  SANGERVILLE – The Town of Sangerville will be hosting a day of events during the second annual Two Knights Festival on Saturday, July 19.
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                                                                                                  The fight to save Atlantic salmon: A conversation with new advocacy leader
                                                                                                  By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The Atlantic Salmon Federation recently named Nathan Wilbur as its next president.
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                                                                                                  Brook trout. Courtesy of Matt O'Neal
                                                                                                  Brook trout. Courtesy of Matt O'Neal
                                                                                                  What are Maine’s heritage fish waters?
                                                                                                  July 17, 2025
                                                                                                  By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Perhaps you read V. Paul Reynolds’ recent column supporting why it’s ethical to eat native brook trout in Maine.
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                                                                                                  Foxcroft Academy’s Pony Pride 3.8K Aug. 2
                                                                                                  DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy Pony Pride 3.
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                                                                                                  How to catch togue when they’re on the bottom of the lake
                                                                                                  By Tom Roth As the dog days of summer roll in, anglers take to the water in the early morning hours to beat the heat.
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                                                                                                  Is it ethical to eat Maine’s native brook trout?
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                                                                                                  1 day ago
                                                                                                  Donald Trump took away federal workers’ union rights. Congress must restore them.
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                                                                                                  2 days ago
                                                                                                  I’m the BDN’s new rural politics reporter. Tell me what I need to know.
                                                                                                  By Daniel O’Connor, Bangor Daily News Staff Though I lived in the same town for most of my life, it wasn’t until I became a gas attendant that I really got to know my home.
                                                                                                  3 days ago
                                                                                                  Public broadcasting is essential in Penobscot County
                                                                                                  To the Editor; Cutting Public Broadcasting Funding Threatens Emergency Communications in Maine.
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                                                                                                  Piscataquis County Concerned Citizens for Democracy Elbows Up Rally
                                                                                                  Contributed photosELBOWS UP — Piscataquis County Concerned Citizens for Democracy held an Elbows Up Rally July 5 on East Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft.
                                                                                                  4 days ago
                                                                                                  No new jail in Penobscot County
                                                                                                  To the Editor; Penobscot County Commissioners want to spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money for a new and bigger jail.
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                                                                                                  7 hours ago
                                                                                                  Wayside Grange & Theatre continues the Concert Season with Averill Lovely Band
                                                                                                  DEXTER — Wayside Grange & Theatre is pleased to continue their 2025 Concert Series on Saturday, July 19 with the Averill Lovely Band.
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                                                                                                  Monson Historical Society hosts hiker/author Kish
                                                                                                  MONSON — On Saturday, July 19 the Monson Museum will be open from 9 a.
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                                                                                                  Three Rivers Kiwanis yard sale
                                                                                                  MILO — On Friday July 18 from 8 a.
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                                                                                                  Calendar of events
                                                                                                  Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.
                                                                                                  2 days ago
                                                                                                  Revised $7.5M SAD 4 budget moved to referendum
                                                                                                  GUILFORD – A month after SAD 4 residents turned down a proposed 2025-26 budget of $9,752,463 — via a count of 282-187 on the ballot across its half dozen communities — a revised spending plan totaling $9,531,320 was approved at a district budget meeting on Tuesday evening at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.
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                                                                                                  GFWC Miosac Club to hold yard sale
                                                                                                  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The members of the Dover-Foxcroft General Federation of Women’s Clubs/Miosac Club will be holding a yard sale on Saturday, July 19 from 8 a.
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                                                                                                  Milo Public Safety Building brought within budget
                                                                                                  MILO — The price for the new Milo Public Safety Building has been reduced by more than $900,000 to get within the $7.
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                                                                                                  Driver hit two moose in Big Moose Township
                                                                                                  By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff BIG MOOSE TOWNSHIP — A driver hit two moose early Wednesday morning, July 16 in Big Moose Township.
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                                                                                                  Preliminary work starts on county budget
                                                                                                  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The new fiscal year has just begun, but Piscataquis County officials have started preliminary work on the 2026 Piscataquis County budget and the 2026-27 Unorganized Territory budget.
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