2 years ago Guilford woman allegedly embezzled more than $900,000 from her employer over 3 years By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Guilford woman has been charged with stealing more than $900,000 from her former employer over three years.
2 years ago A pocket of diversity has grown in one of Maine’s most rural counties MONSON — Garments are tacked to the wall and excess fabric is strewn across the wooden floor of an upstairs studio at the Monson Arts Gallery.
2 years ago Maine Highlands FCU sunflowers raise $3,000 for Ukraine Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU BENEFIT SUNFLOWERS – Monty Moose, mascot for Maine Highlands FCU, poses in Dover-Foxcroft with several “sunflowers” that were sold to raise funds for Ukraine.
2 years ago Piscataquis River Festival returns this summer GUILFORD – Chairperson Paul Zimmerman announced that one of Maine’s great summer traditions, the popular Piscataquis River Festival, will be back this year following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.
2 years ago Nearly 1,000 volunteers were key to vaccinating thousands at Northern Light’s mass clinics By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly 1,000 volunteers were a key part of the effort last year to set up and staff COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the 10-hospital Northern Light Health network.
2 years ago Piscataquis County program could connect rural residents to internet DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis residents in rural areas who don’t have internet could soon be connected under a new county program.
2 years ago Piscataquis commissioners threaten to cut group’s funding over broadband fight DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners, frustrated with the county’s economic development council’s former leader and his focus on broadband, debated this week whether to cut the group’s funding.
2 years ago Pan Am and CSX’s merger the latest in long history of Maine railways changing hands By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Pan Am Railways, Maine’s largest rail operator, will merge with Jacksonville, Florida-based CSX Transportation, the fourth-largest rail transportation company in the U.
2 years ago CUSO Home Lending signs contract with MaineStream Finance HAMPDEN – CUSO Home Lending, a licensed mortgage company owned by credit unions and The Maine Credit Union League, has announced that they have signed a contract with MaineStream Finance to manage the servicing of their current portfolio of loans and take on servicing of any new loans they close going forward.
3 years ago Maine Highlands FCU contributes to Piscataquis Regional Food Center Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU FOOD CENTER CONTRIBUTION – Kelly Sirimoglu, left, of the Piscataquis Regional Food Center received a check from Danielle Mailloux with Maine Highlands FCU.
3 years ago Whoopie Pie Festival will return in person on June 25 after 2 years of being virtual DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Whoopie Pie Festival, which draws thousands to downtown Dover-Foxcroft each summer, is returning on June 25 — and yes, that includes a whoopie pie eating contest.
3 years ago Three Northern Light hospital projects will cost 40 percent more due to labor and material cost hikes By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Three major hospital construction projects will cost 40 percent more than initially thought as Northern Light Health encounters steep increases to the cost of labor and building materials.
3 years ago Dover-Foxcroft considers temporary pause on mobile home permits in historic district DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board voted this week to table a proposed moratorium that would temporarily halt permitting and construction of manufactured housing in the town’s historic district.
3 years ago Sunflower raffle raises $4,800 for the Ukraine Photo courtesy of Center Theatre SUNFLOWER WINNER – Artist Laurie Sproul of Brownville gives her hand-carved sunflower to Clayton Cole from Corinth.
3 years ago Maine Highlands FCU donates funding for Milo PD body cameras Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU BODY CAMERA FUNDING – Executive VP of Maine Highlands FCU Maria Wooten presented a check for the purchase of two body cameras to Milo Police Department Officers Dave Boxwell, center, and Trevor Duby in Milo on Monday.
3 years ago Maine Highlands FCU contributes to Dyer’s Hope House Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU ENDING HUNGER DONATION – Darcie Burch with Maine Highlands FCU presented a donation to John Cram with Dyer’s Hope House in Milo on April 8.
3 years ago Maine hospitals are swamped with patients who avoided them during pandemic peak By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The National Guard members brought in as reinforcements while Maine hospitals buckled under a surge in COVID-19 cases and staff absences have departed, and the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients statewide is at less than a quarter of its mid-January peak.
3 years ago Frontline Arts 10th anniversary at the Monson Arts Gallery MONSON – Frontline Arts,’ a New Jersey based veteran-led art program, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Frontline Paper project with an exhibition at the Monson Arts Gallery through May 8.