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Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford.

Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford.

SAD 4 board approves near $9.6M budget

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 Board of Directors gave its approval to a $9,574,394 budget for 2026-27 during a meeting on April 14 at Piscataquis Community Elementary School. The directors also set the annual district budget meeting for 7 p.

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Greenville will go purple for Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

GREENVILLE — The town of Greenville will continue to symbolically change its name to a different color to mark Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month in June.

Spruce Street housing project given preliminary approval

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center subdivision application for a 28-unit housing development off Spruce Street to help provide more affordable options in town is nearing final approval from the Greenville Planning Board.

Milo seeks grant for sidewalk project

MILO — The town of Milo is seeking up to $100,000 in Community Enterprise Grant funds from the state to install a sidewalk along Penquis Drive, off West Main Street to the Penquis Valley School, this summer.

County Democrats event benefits families in need

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the Piscataquis County Democrats sponsored “Together in Community, United in Song” at the Commons in Dover-Foxcroft.

Dexter field lighting project reaches $150K milestone

DEXTER — The field lighting project at Dexter Regional High School has reached $150,000, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe announced in an April 17 post on the Dexter Maine Facebook page.

The loud political fight over high-priced Maine moose hunts

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — New restrictions on high-priced moose hunts are moving forward despite a bitter clash between guides and an unexpected fight in the Maine Legislature.

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Bangor Daily News file photo/Troy R. Bennett CANOE RACE SEASON – In this April 2021 file photo, paddlers in two canoes jockey for position above Six Mile Falls in Bangor during the 54th Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.

Bangor Daily News file photo/Troy R. Bennett CANOE RACE SEASON – In this April 2021 file photo, paddlers in two canoes jockey for position above Six Mile Falls in Bangor during the 54th Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.

Local Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race results

More than a half dozen paddlers from across the region took part in the 59th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race covering 16.5 miles from Kenduskeag Village to downtown Bangor on April 18.

What to do if you encounter a black bear while hiking in Maine

By Sabrina Martin, Bangor Daily News Staff As black bears emerge this month from their winter hibernation — hungry and sometimes with cubs to feed — Mainers should take precautionary measures before they see bears or any evidence of bear activity, according to Caitlin Drasher, a black bear biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Salley hired as Foxcroft Academy field hockey head coach

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy is promoting from within with assistant coach Kilee Salley being named the new field hockey head coach, announced via a post on the school’s Facebook page.

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Reelect Davis as county commissioner

To the Editor; I can’t think of anyone who has done more and sacrificed more for Piscataquis County than Paul Davis.

Matt Dunlap models values Christ calls us to live by

To the Editor; As a pastor, gun owner, selectman and multi-generational Mainer, I believe 2026 calls us to decide what kind of people we want to be.

There are better alternatives to a new Penobscot County Jail

To the Editor; On March 24, No Penobscot County Jail Expansion held a community classroom about the proposal for a larger jail in Penobscot County.

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I’m paying more for gas because of Donald Trump

To the Editor; In the past, whenever the price of gasoline would go up and folks would blame the increase on the incumbent president, I would tell them that presidents have no direct influence on gasoline prices.

Genealogy spring cleaning

By Nancy Battick In years past, our grandmothers were itching to begin spring cleaning, after being shut in all winter and heating with wood or coal.

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Maine author teaches kids about writing through Allagash Wilderness Waterway tales

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A roomful of fidgety second graders fell silent when wilderness author Tim Caverly started the ghostly tale of a 150-year-old lumberjacks’ boarding house along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

FAME launches new webpage to improve Mainers’ financial skills

AUGUSTA — April is Financial Literacy Month and what better time to roll out new financial wellness resources.

Dr. Peterson to retire as Millinocket hospital CEO

MILLINOCKET — Millinocket Regional Hospital announced that Chief Executive Officer Dr.

‘Blanketeers’ sought to create for children in need

GUILFORD — Valley Grange of Guilford is sponsoring a blanket-making event from 9 a.

Free movie day to feature ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to announce a free showing of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at 3:30 p.

Potter appointed as Maine’s next Poet Laureate

AUGUSTA — Gov.