PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded four SAD 4 area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500 each for the 2023-24 school year.

More than $56,000 in Maine Community Foundation grants will help strengthen nonprofit organizations and projects in Piscataquis County.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Bed and Breakfast is a lovely, historic landmark in the town of Guilford operated by Wendy and Michael Denney for the past five years.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The winners of the 2023 Maine antlerless deer permit lottery are officially out.

Every county saw increase in tax revenue due to in-migration By Kathleen O”Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is the only state where every county gained income from 2020 to 2021, due to a swelling population during the COVID-19 pandemic when people fled large cities in favor of safer, more rural communities, a new study found.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is a popular place for residents and vacationers alike and many folks spend time during the summer fishing, boating and water skiing on the state’s lakes and ponds.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff An 85-year-old man was found at the edge of a bog in Piscataquis County on Monday night, Aug.

GUILFORD— Through a collaboration with the Department of Economic and Community Development the Maine State Library will invest $2 million in Maine’s 255 public libraries to expand their capacity to provide targeted resources, services, and physical space to support remote and hybrid workers across the state.

ORONO — The University of Maine recognized 3,016 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the spring 2023 semester.

By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The news landscape in Maine is changing, and that’s not only due to the recent sale of the Portland Press Herald and sister papers to a national nonprofit.

PARKMAN — Saturday, Aug.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromAHOY MATEYS! — A Piscataquis Community High School Pirates float was part of the Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford on the morning of Saturday, July 29.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s secretary of state has randomly selected the order of the referendum on the ballot for the Nov.

BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the Economic Recovery Implementation HUB program, in collaboration with DECD.

By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff More details surrounding the July 25 arrest of a Maine prison official accused of taking illegal kickbacks from vendors remain unavailable as the affidavit in the case has been sealed from the public.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Maine prison official was arrested July 25 on felony charges after prosecutors said he took illegal kickbacks from vendors as part of a “long-running scheme.

GUILFORD — Organizers have released the final schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 29 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month Head of Maintenance Josh York told the Piscataquis County commissioners that as of October the jail camera system will not be able to take any more updates as the Windows operating program is out of date.