Just in time for National Hunger Awareness Month, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is launching a 30-day, $100,000 challenge beginning June 1 to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank, local community food pantries, and meal sites.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Frequent travel to Bangor for class can be a barrier to earning a nursing degree.

By Lia Russell and Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff On Wednesday morning, May 25, Christina Caron dropped her children off at school in Bangor.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — From June 1-6 Pine Tree Hospice will hold its second bottle drive.

Absentee ballots are now available ahead of a June 14 election in which Mainers can vote in primary elections for a range of state and local offices as well as local ballot questions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities will be constructing a handicap ramp at the Gazebo in Kiwanis Park located behind the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft, in honor of our beloved long-time member Harold “Doc” Sherman.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By the end of 2022, Maine may be the only state that does not allow some form of Sunday hunting.

The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft announced that it is looking for area actors between the ages of 14 and 19 to take part in their 2022 Summer Travelling Show.

MILO – Dyer’s Hope House Food Pantry would like to express its appreciation for the 1,600 pounds of food delivered to us on Saturday, May 14 during the USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Rural areas centered around the forest industry have faced uncertain economic times.

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This story is part of Maine Public’s “Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine’s response, one county at a time” series.

BROWNVILLE – The Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, May 24 at 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A project to relocate Piscataquis County’s police and fire dispatch center will mean repair work on a portion of the building’s exterior that will cost several thousand dollars extra, county commissioners were told Tuesday.

Grade 12, high honors: Alvin Robshaw, Benjamin Bouley, Emily McKinnon, Grady Atkinson, Hope Lovell, and Maxwell Osgood; honors: Angela Bryden, Desirea Stanley, Evan Bolstridge, Jonathan Paquette, Justin Chambers, Kasside Witham, and Rayne Van Norden.

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to name Dr.

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is celebrating our eighth year of offering Teen Wilderness Expedition — a program designed for youth ages 12-16 to experience the outdoors and deepen their connection to and understanding of natural resources through recreation and exploration.