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Guilford Bed and Breakfast named ‘Most Charming Traditional B&B – Maine’ by LUXlife magazine

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom B&B HONOR – The Guilford Bed and Breakfast has just won “Most Charming Traditional B&B – Maine” by LUXlife magazine for the second year in a row.

Overdose deaths in Piscataquis where there are virtually no treatment centers exceeded most rural counties

A county with virtually no treatment centers for opioid addiction had the second worst fatal overdose rate among rural counties last year in Maine.

Area National Honor Society chapters

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School DEXTER — Front, from left, Cally Gudroe, Lily Brown, Emma Paige, and Caitlyn Chabot.

Dirigo Reads to add more than 1,000 students next year

BANGOR – Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025, is announcing the addition of 36 schools that will participate in the program during the next school year.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger launches $100,000 challenge

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.

Guilford Bed and Breakfast provides Victorian elegance

GUILFORD — Wendy and Michael Denney have provided Victorian elegance for the discerning traveler at the Guilford Bed and Breakfast on Elm Street for three years.

Information session to explore nursing education opportunities close to home

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

Pine Tree Hospice bottle drive

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

$7.77M SAD 4 budget moved to June 14 referendum

GUILFORD — A proposed 2022-23 SAD 4 budget totaling $7,772,120 was approved May 25 during the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

How to vote absentee in Maine’s June 14 election

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.

What’s behind the decades-long battle to legalize Sunday hunting in Maine

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.

Theatre seeks teens for travelling show

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.

Many Maine rural youth want to stay rural, UMaine research says

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

Guilford students will raise voices and lift spirits

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups, and individuals using their voices, instruments, and movement on two separate nights as we approach the end of the school year.

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce $24.2M to clean up brownfields across Maine

EMDC receives $1.5 million for brownfield projects

BANGOR – The U.

Ticks killed 90 percent of moose calves tracked by scientists in 2 Maine counties last year

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

Relocating Piscataquis County’s police and fire dispatch will cost thousands more than expected

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.

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