By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The wording of this November’s referendum to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams has been released.

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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerry Glover as interim executive director as part of a planned leadership transition.

BROWNVILLE — Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union recently donated funds to Brownville Fire Rescue for the purchase of two thermal imaging cameras.

GREENVILLE — A proposed project to build a battery energy story facility at the former steam plant location in Greenville will most likely not be happening.

SANGERVILLE — Earlier this year Sangerville had its application for a $250,000 Maine Historic Community Building Grant for the town hall turned down.

The Maine Department of Transportation has begun road work in Greenville, Shirley, Monson and Abbot for a pavement preservation and improvement project.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public A federal appeals court ruled Friday, April 3 that Maine’s 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases is likely constitutional, handing gun control advocates a significant victory in a high-profile Second Amendment case.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Regional Food Center is pleased to announce the addition of five new members to its board of directors, bringing a diverse range of experience and community leadership to support the organization’s mission.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Maine trappers and other small business owners are losing a key online marketplace after Etsy updated its policy to ban the sale of most fur products.

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is gearing up to present two Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops, one on April 25 at Two Knights Brewery, Sangerville and a second on May 2 at the Railyard Brewery in Milo.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A faucet is turned on and water comes out.

State of Maine Offices in Aroostook, Hancock, Washington, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset counties to open at 11 a.

Tides to Pines, a Maine-based vacation rental and hospitality company, is deepening its presence in the Greenville and Moosehead Lake region, where it will now steward 65 homes.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Bill Zimmerman, an assistant teaching professor of public relations at Penn State University, officially filed a proposal with the Unicode Consortium to create a whoopie pie emoji.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s highest court revisited the issue of ranked-choice voting April 1 as groups push to use the process in gubernatorial elections.

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center has submitted the preliminary subdivision application for its 28-unit housing development on Spruce Street to the Greenville Planning Board.

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