DOVER-FOXCROFT — The morning after Brownville residents voted to defund the community’s police department after the end of March — at town meeting citizens amended the proposed $167,620 budget line item to $35,767 or the estimated cost for the first three months of the year — county officials discussed the future of law enforcement services in eastern Piscataquis County during a March 21 commissioners’ meeting.

Is there a single solution for providing rural Maine communities access to reliable, affordable, high-speed broadband internet? Probably not.

The gathering of wild things for home consumption has always been regarded by my family as one of life’s most basic pleasures.

BROWNVILLE — Residents decided to stop funding the town’s police department during the annual town meeting on March 20.

SANGERVILLE — A group of residents has formed the Sangerville Economic Development Committee (SEDC) to emphasize that the small community is an excellent place to live and to operate a business.

LAGRANGE — AOS 43 has announced the hiring of Dr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the budget advisory committee having begun its work on the 2017-18 spending plan, a public hearing on the proposed budget was scheduled for the end of the month by the selectmen during a March 13 meeting.

BROWNVILLE, Maine — With changes taking place at the top of the police department last month — after the resignation of Nicholas Clukey Sgt.

The B-52C plane wreckage hanging from trees, scattered about the ground on top of Elephant Mountain in Greenville, stays with me as much as any Maine “place of interest” I’ve visited.

My tackle box is a neat person’s nightmare.

AUGUSTA – State Senator Paul Davis (R-Sangerville) has introduced legislation to protect law enforcement officers in the line of duty with LD 990 “An Act To Protect Law Enforcement Officers by Creating the Crime of Aggravated Assault on an Officer.

Wilderness walk benefits veterans and families | DOVER-FOXCROFT — In July a contingent will be traveling nearly 120 miles over 10 days from downtown Monson to the summit of Mount Katahdin in the fourth annual Wilderness Walk for Warriors along the Appalachian Trail.

Dexter seeks age-friendly community status | DEXTER — The community may be able to utilize AARP resources as the council authorized Town Manager Shelley Watson to apply for membership with the AARP/World Health Organization Network of Age-Friendly Communities during a March 9 meeting.

AUGUSTA — Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Waldo, has announced his appointments to the Maine Legislature’s “Task Force to Address the Opioid Crisis in the State.

This week I went back to reading, “The New Digital Age: Reshaping The Future of People, Nations and Businesses,” by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After several meetings of the finance committee, RSU 68 officials continue their work creating a 2017-18 budget to bring forward to residents of Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson and Sebec in the late May.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County government and RHR Smith and Company of Old Orchard Beach will be working together for another three years as the firm will continue to provide auditing services for the county, unorganized territory and jail budgets.

There was a day in the life of a deer hunter when his technological aids were limited to a functional deer rifle, a hunting knife, a good compass, and, perhaps, a topo map.