By Kim Brawn “There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $469,623 to 25 conservation initiatives around the state.

MONSON — Portraiture artist, painter, and entrepreneur Lydia Rose Spencer will be featured on Friday, Feb 2 from 4-6 p.

PRESQUE ISLE — Northern Maine Community College has released its dean’s list for the 2023 fall semester.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recognized the January Student in the Spotlight honorees during a Jan.

Husson University’s next president will be the first woman to lead the private institution in its 125-year history.

Nonprofit organizations in Piscataquis County may be eligible for grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program.

AUGUSTA — Maine communities have one week left to nominate a teacher for 2024 County Teacher of the Year and 2025 State Teacher of the Year.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff How the gas tax money the state gives to the ATV, snowmobiling and boating communities toward upkeep of trails and boat facilities is distributed is the same proportions as it was in 2001, even though participation in the three motor sports has changed.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In the fall the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board began the process of dealing with a deteriorating property at 130 Pleasant Street.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – At the Center Theatre Board of Directors annual meeting on Jan.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands Director Andy Cutko announced a slight decline in visitation to Maine State Parks during 2023, with 2.

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $120,000 to nonprofit organizations that provide transportation services to Mainers.

Snow and ice in New England this time of year are no surprise.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — The following student was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester at Grove City College: Andrew Marston, a computer science major from Dover-Foxcroft, has been named to the dean’s list with high distinction.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A historic Maine theater’s marquee is displaying the names of Filipino performers who were part of the iconic “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” show that visited the state in 1900.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft restaurant is closed indefinitely after an attic fire that restarted after it was believed to be out.

Mainely Character is now accepting applications for scholarships for Maine high school seniors graduating in 2024 and attending post-secondary schools.