BREWER — Northern Light Health has received a $1 million federal grant to support community efforts toward establishing or enhancing opioid use prevention, treatment and recovery services in rural communities served by the healthcare system.

GUILFORD — U.

A federal judge who has upheld Maine’s ranked-choice voting system once before reiterated his view that the method is constitutional Friday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Saturday Aug.

DEXTER — Students at the Ridge View Community School and Dexter Regional High School will be back in the respective buildings when classes resume next month, families can also opt for full-time remote learning if they wish, as the SAD 46 directors approved a “Return to School Plan” on Aug.

On March 10, when Maine resident and motel owner Linda York Cook traveled to Japan to attend her son’s wedding, she thought she would be back home by mid-April.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Concerns about a possible community transmission of COVID-19 in the Dover-Foxcroft area has prompted the temporary closing of the Piscataquis Regional YMCA and the suspension of preseason athletic workouts at Foxcroft Academy.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tim Smith has resigned as athletic administrator at Foxcroft Academy, ending his 17-year run of guiding the sports programs at the Dover-Foxcroft school.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Secondary School and Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will be back in the building at least four days per week depending on the school — a remote learning option will be available for families choosing this method of instruction — when classes resume Sept.

In their continued role of providing hands-on services to businesses, communities and people, Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) announces four new hires.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the election several months aways, U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy administrators said in June that COVID-19 would cancel the annual Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming/Alumni Weekend festivities usually held at the end of July or early August.

MONSON — The Gascoine Gallery presents two exhibitions by Abby Shahn “Paintings of Faces” and “Masks Around the World” through Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Kevin Johnson, photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, will present “Dover-Foxcroft: The Postcard View; Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company” live via Zoom at 6 p.

Teachers and administrators from Maine’s independent town academies will welcome back some 5,000 publicly tuitioned high school students to their in-person and virtual classrooms soon.

Many of us tend to think that the  age of wilderness bush pilots no longer exists in the lower 48 states.

Maine has among the lowest response rates of any state for the U.