1 year ago Greenville seeking $125K for public safety building HVAC system GREENVILLE — A grant application for $125,000 to cover a portion of the HVAC system at the new Greenville Public Safety Building, which is currently under construction, was formally signed by the select board during a July 5 meeting, two days ahead of the deadline.
1 year ago Pilot project will give care packages to every baby born in Piscataquis County Every new baby in Piscataquis County will receive four packages during their first year of life — one for each three-month milestone — as part of a pilot project designed to support the health of parents and infants.
1 year ago Plant paddle on Sawyer Pond GREENVILLE — Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be partnering with Friends of Wilson Pond and Lake Stewards of Maine to host an invasive plant paddle on Sawyer Pond in Greenville on Tuesday, Aug.
1 year ago Milo residents sign off on public safety building MILO — At the start of the year the town of Milo was awarded nearly $6.
1 year ago Mountain bikers can ride the trails in Greenville GREENVILLE — Through a partnership between the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the nonprofit Moosehead Outdoor Alliance, mountain bikers have been able to traverse about a dozen miles of free-to-ride trails in the first of three planned zones in Greenville.
1 year ago Buttice named to Husson University Online’s president’s list BANGOR — Dover-Foxcroft resident Ashley Buttice was recently named to Husson University Online’s president’s list.
1 year ago Penobscot County raises wages for 911 dispatchers to fight employee shortage By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Commission approved a $2 an hour raise for the county’s 911 dispatchers to retain and attract new employees for the county’s long understaffed dispatch center.
1 year ago It’s been so rainy that even Mainers are cutting camping trips short By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Campers in many state parks around Maine are going home early or not showing up for their reservations as the rain that left last month as one of the rainiest Junes in a quarter century stretched into the four-day July 4 holiday weekend.
1 year ago The public relations battle over Maine’s generous solar incentives By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine lawmakers have made some big deals while winding down their work for 2023, but a standoff over the state’s generous solar incentives remains unsolved.
1 year ago Retired educators news GUILFORD — Seventeen members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association met June 27 at the Craft Cafe in Guilford.
1 year ago Here’s how you can have your own backyard fish pond By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A friend recently mentioned that he was stocking the pond at his farm in Newburgh.
1 year ago Bangor Savings Bank will launch its first credit cards By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite a challenging year for banks that saw interest rates rise and distrust grow after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Bangor Savings Bank netted nearly $42 million in income during the past fiscal year and will debut a new location and its first-ever credit card suite later this year.
1 year ago Second round of elevated garden beds distributed DEXTER — Dexter Age Friendly has just distributed another 30 garden beds to area seniors.
1 year ago Slate production tour July 14 MONSON — The Monson Historical Society and John Tatko of Sheldon Slate would like to invite the public to attend a tour of the slate production on Friday, July 14 at 1 p.
1 year ago Piscataquis County students awarded $10,000 Mitchell Scholarships PORTLAND — The Mitchell Institute, a Maine-based nonprofit scholarship and research organization founded by Senator George J.
1 year ago Bipartisan legislators call on Maine consumers to speak up to reduce net energy billing costs Sen.
1 year ago Maine solar farm opens as lawmakers eye curtailing others like it By Lor Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff NORWAY — A 1-megawatt solar farm that will provide electricity to 15 local businesses opened here on June 29, a day after lawmakers debated whether to scale back the incentives that led to it.
1 year ago Family begins memorial Gary ‘Gip’ Thomas Scholarship Fund Ann Thomas and her family began the Gary “Gip” Thomas Scholarship Fund at Foxcroft Academy to honor her late husband.