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Molly Graham: Helping new Black Bears bridge the gap between high school and college
Molly Graham put the Girl Scout motto “Be Prepared” to work this summer as she helped plan the 2024 Business Bridge Week for incoming first-year students. A lifelong member of […]
Fall flows in the Moosehead Lake Region
GREENVILLE — Every fall, the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in Greenville coordinates with hydro companies to maximize fishing opportunities in the region on rivers with dams. We hope to meet with Brookfield in the coming days regarding the Moose River, East Outlet, and the West Branch of the Penobscot, but until then I wanted to pass along some information related to the Roach River/First Roach Pond and Wilson Stream/Lower Wilson Pond because changes are coming soon.
Greenville man arrested for drug possession
GREENVILLE — A routine traffic stop turned into a drug arrest on Thursday when Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Pina apprehended Gerard Boynton of Blanchard for possession of a scheduled drug. During the stop in Greenville, Deputy Pina discovered approximately 50 grams of suspected crack cocaine in Boynton’s...
First Shot at Charity Golf Tournament for Maine Veterans Was Aced
Emerging Leaders Network 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit Maine Veterans Project took place on June 29th at Jato Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln, ME. This was an 18-hole 4-person scramble at $70 per person and included each participant's registration and meal with proceeds going to the Maine Veterans Project.
‘They want to support small farmers’: Maine farm launches crowdfunding campaign
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (WABI) - Becoming a farmer has always been Dan Kaplan’s lifelong dream. In 2013 he bought five cows and Heartstone Farm was born. At 60, Dan began raising beef cattle on his farm in Charleston. The business has picked up following the pandemic as many families have...
Norman Rockwell collection leaving Howland art museum, set for auction
The Medici Museum in Howland is home to the second largest collection of Norman Rockwell's works in the world. The exhibition, appraised at $130 million, has attracted visitors from all 50 states and other countries since it opened to the public in 2020. But it will be gone next week,...
Agnes “Withers” Beck, Howland, Ohio
HOWLAND, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Agnes “Withers” Beck, 87, passed away peacefully on Monday August 26, 2024, at Hospice of the Valley (Hospice House). She was born October 31, 1936, in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of the late Dr. J. Manning Potts Sr. and Agnes Wright Potts. She...
Funds being raised for Greenville community building
GREENVILLE — In late 2022 the Moosehead Caring for Kids Foundation received $1,561,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending toward building a new facility on the campus of the Greenville Consolidated School on Pritham Avenue in the approximate footprint of the former Nickerson Elementary School. The foundation has designated the Town of Greenville as the grant subrecipient meaning that the community will build the new facility and the structure will be a municipal building.
PVHS Girls Soccer preparing to defend title
HOWLAND -- “The main thing that we’re trying to focus on is obviously, getting another championship,” said PVHS senior, Allie Austin. Penobscot valley high school girls soccer team is coming off their first state championship win since 1986. The reigning class d champs lost in the state final in 2022, and they say it felt great, to finally get over the hump.
Medici scouting for a new collection
HOWLAND — The Boy Scouts of America art collection, which has pitched its tent at Medici Museum of Art since 2020, will be gone next week. Sunday will be the last day the exhibition is open to the public, according to Medici Executive Director Katelyn Amendorala-Russo. Representatives from Heritage Auctions will arrive Tuesday to begin cataloging and crating the collection of more than 400 artworks, including 65 pieces by American artist Norman Rockwell, in advance of the first of several planned auctions starting in November.
UMF Monson Arts seminar opens doors and minds
MONSON — For the first three weeks of August, one group of students from three University of Maine campuses gathered in Monson for a special seminar residency. The story begins in February 2021 when former University of Maine at Farmington [UMF] professor Kristen Case attended an art residency at Monson Arts. While there, she said that time felt different and that she had the sudden ability to do a different kind of work. With all the daily challenges of life’s responsibilities removed, Case could discover what her mind was capable of. “This is what college should be,” she thought to herself, and many of her best students immediately came to mind.
Prosecutor’s office advocates for harsh sentence for Howland man in sex case
WARREN — Trumbull County prosecutors are seeking a lengthy prison sentence for a Howland man convicted Wednesday of multiple charges, including child pornography, child abuse and sexual misconduct with an animal, following a two-year investigation. Their office cited a desire to protect the community from future harm by encouraging...
Northern Light's planned ambulance cuts will affect 3 Maine towns
Several Maine towns will soon be without an ambulance after Northern Light Health announced plans to make cuts to emergency services in Corinth. After nearly 15 years, the Bangor Daily News reports Northern Light Mayo Hospital will no longer keep a staffed ambulance at the Corinth Fire Department. According to...
Dover-Foxcroft mill rate set at $17
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board signed the 2024-25 tax commitment during a meeting on Monday, Aug. 26. The mill rate for the fiscal year will be $17 per every $1,000 of assessed property, a decrease of $1.55 from a rate of $18.55 for the previous year. The drop...
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