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November 11, 2024. HERMON — There was an air of familiarity to the 2024 8-player boys soccer state championship on the turf at Pottle Field at Hermon High School Saturday, Nov. 9 with South champion Greenville High School and North champion Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford facing off in the third meeting of the year between the ...
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Piscataquis County emergency radio system project progresses. DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than four years Piscataquis County and municipal emergency officials have been working to update outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel. 2 days ago.
Greenville wonders what’s next after ski mountain redevelopment …
9 hours ago · By Ari Snider, Maine Public. Plans to revitalize a Greenville-area ski mountain have gone belly-up after developers pulled the plug. Now, the mountain is for sale, and the town is hoping another group might step in. The push to redevelop Big Moose Mountain as a year-round outdoor recreation resort has hit a number of roadblocks over the years, including some public pushback and legal issues ...
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Mainers are evenly split on whether to change the state flag back to something similar to the original pine tree design, according to the first public poll on the November referendum.
Disruptions at Hannaford stores caused by cybersecurity incident
9 hours ago · Staff, Piscataquis Observer • November 12, 2024. By CBS 13. Hannaford customers are still feeling the effects of a cybersecurity incident that hit the grocery chain last week. Now Hannaford’s parent company said this goes far beyond Maine, and law enforcement is also involved. This cyber incident has been going on since the middle of last ...
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Brownville and Milo officials looking at combined rec department. MILO — With the intention of providing more opportunities for area youth and to potentially save money, Brownville and Milo officials have been discussing the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.
Obituaries | Piscataquis Observer
Judith E. Dickie, 82, passed away surrounded by her family on October 17, 2024. She was born on December 14, 1941, in Keene, NH, to Ethel and Joseph Favreau. She attended school in Gardner, MA, graduating from Gardner High School in 1959. She worked at Simplex Time Recorder before moving to Sebec Village in 1982....
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT — The first Student in the Spotlight honorees at the SeDoMoCha School were recognized during an Oct. 25 assembly, Pictured are front, from left, kindergarten: Graham Chretien, grade 1: Wyatt Durgin, grade 2: Bentley Towner, grade 3: Owen Rollins, and elementary unified arts: Grace Edgerly.
Maine voters reject effort to restore pine tree flag
6 days ago · Staff, Piscataquis Observer • November 6, 2024. By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff. Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a passionate debate that has taken place for decades over the state’s culture and history. Question 5 was rejected by 55.3 percent of voters to 44.7 percent in favor when ...
$10M historic preservation bond passes in Maine’s Tuesday election
5 days ago · By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff. Mainers voted Tuesday to pass $10 million in borrowing aimed at restoring historic buildings owned by local governments and nonprofits. The yes side of Question 3 had 51.4 percent of votes to 48.7 percent for the no side when the Bangor Daily News and its national partner, Decision Desk HQ, called ...