By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff For the first time in seven years, the volunteers who maintain the Appalachian Trail in Maine will soon have a modern, comfortable and permanent place to spend their days off.

It will cost an estimated $27 million to expand broadband coverage to unserved areas in Piscataquis County, according to a new broadband planning report.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Leaders of the Maine Legislature on Friday released an initial schedule for a January return to the State House, again limiting in-person floor sessions, leaving lawmakers under a mask mandate and retaining virtual committee hearings.

Observer photo/Keri Foster FIND THE SHOP LOCAL TREE WINNER – Sue Killam, left, of Blanchard is the grand prize winner of the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree contest.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – A week after residents of the four RSU 68 communities approved a referendum on Dec.

BANGOR – At Eastern Maine Development Corporation ’s annual board meeting, EMDC announced its 2021 awards recipients.

By Kristen Sutherland, Pine Tree Hospice Executive Director Giving care to someone with dementia is a complex and highly demanding labor of love.

By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County, Maine, and Stafford County, Virginia, are home to slightly more than 151,000 people.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is gearing up to provide vaccinations to eligible 16 and 17-year-olds following the recent announcement from the U.

MONSON – The Town of Monson is turning 200 in 2022 and everyone is invited to join the year-long celebration.

Grade 12, high honors: Alan Abolnik Ribe, Filip Brkic, Grace R.

Residents of the four RSU 68 communities — Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson and Sebec — approved a referendum on Dec.

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council recognized Rep.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A formal decision will be made after the bid process, but the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office may be equipping patrol vehicles with computers to enable tickets to be written electronically and for deputies to check information on site.

MONSON – Veteran arts administrator Chantal Harris has been hired to be the new director of Monson Arts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – To coincide with Dover-Foxcroft Hometown Holidays,  the Piscataquis County Democrats gave out hot cocoa and cookies at their North Street office from 3-6 p.

By Jessica Piper and Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine Republicans will look to repeal recent Democratic abortion-rights expansions if they return to power in Augusta after the 2022 midterms, particularly if the U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Mountain View Correctional Facility’s Correctional Trades Supervisor Corey Hill and his work crew have been working diligently through the pandemic to construct the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Outdoor Educaiton Classroom at their public land, the Law Farm.