By CBS 13 Maine lawmakers could debate bills this session that allow for armed security guards at schools and would allow staff to be armed on school property.

MILO — SAD 41 received its preliminary state subsidy figures late last month from the Maine Department of Education, which were presented to the school board during a meeting at the Penquis Valley School on Feb.

SANGERVILLE — Some of Sangerville’s 1,300 residents say their historic town hall, built in 1901 and known for its striking stained glass windows, captures the town’s character and should be saved.

BANGOR — Penquis and Eastern Maine CA$H are again providing free tax preparation services to eligible households at sites in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, Hancock, and Washington counties.

Contributed photo HOCKEY DONATION — Mosaic Lodge of Dover-Foxcroft and Widows Sons Northwoods Chapter donated $2,000 to the Penquis Youth Hockey Association.

A Maine-based global software company, whose founder Dan Smith lives in Dover-Foxcroft, is working to get its products off the ground and take the technology to Silicon Valley.

The Piscataquis County Democrats had a food drive on Saturday, Jan.

The Maine Community Foundation has awarded $153,000 in grants from its Conservation for All program to 12 nonprofit organizations that promote access to the outdoors.

NEWPORT — A District Court judge has dropped nearly all charges against two Piscataquis County boys accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Foxcroft Academy student last February, though the 17-year-old Dover-Foxcroft boy still faces one charge.

BREWER — Northern Light Health organizations from Portland to Presque Isle will “Go Red for Women,” encouraging employees and all Mainers to wear red on Friday, Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For two centuries now, Foxcroft Academy has served as the secondary educational institution for the local community, being founded only a few years after Maine became the nation’s 23rd state.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Radar Runs will return to Dover-Foxcroft this Saturday despite projected frigid temperatures that almost postponed the snowmobile races.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital was recently recognized with the 2022 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence and Human Experience Pinnacle of Excellence Awards by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services.

GREENVILLE — On Sunday, Feb.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom CANCER FOUNDATION BENEFIT — The Dexter Regional High School girls basketball team lines the court — with reserves wearing commemorative warm-up shirts — for the National Anthem prior to a girls/boys doubleheader between the Tigers and host Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford on Jan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recognized the January Students in the Spotlight at a recent assembly.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — Former Maine Assistant House Minority Leader Joel Stetkis ousted Maine Republican Party Chair Demi Kouzounas on Saturday after a bad 2022 election for the party.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Tickets to a Bangor-based drag troupe’s show at the Center Theatre in April sold out within a week of being announced, and another show has been scheduled.