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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom 28-POINT PERFORMANCE — Penquis freshman Jake Haffenreffer goes up for two points during the fourth quarter of a Dec. 28 game vs. Greenville.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff The children of the legendary Maine singer-songwriter David Mallett recalled their father as a man fiercely devoted to the things he loved: his music, his family, and his home state of Maine.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School CHRISTMAS FOOD BOXES — Early on the morning of Dec. 21, Dexter Regional High School Student Government and Key Club members, along with several Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis members, gathered at P & L Country Market to assemble and wrap more than 70 Christmas food boxes to be given to area families.
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David W. Shorey of Falmouth, ME, passed away peacefully at his home on December 14, 2024. David was born in Cortland, NY, on March 15, 1954, to Marilyn Elizabeth Dow and Maynard Wiswell Shorey.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank announced that David Cyr, president and CEO of the bank, will retire at the end of 2025 and the board of directors have appointed Dan Tilton, executive vice president of sales and customer relations, as the bank’s new president.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff Investigations into the Oxford County sheriff over the last year drew public attention to how he traded guns from the evidence room to a local gun store without seeking permission from the original gun owners, keeping financial records of the deal or telling officials responsible for finances about it.
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8 hours ago · By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The year 2024 was a busy one for politics in Maine, with high-stakes elections, legislative responses to the Lewiston mass shooting and local housing debates among the many notable events. 2025 may feel slower with no major elections on tap, but there are plenty of developments in store as the Maine Legislature returns in January for a new session and ...
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Northern Light Health is not paying a fee to acquire Mayo from the 13 towns that collectively own the institution -- that’s one of the arguments in a new lawsuit seeking to block the deal. But supporters of the merger have said that it will nonetheless provide something for the people who use Mayo Regional Hospital and its affiliated practices: the …
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine had near-record bear and deer seasons and a successful moose hunt in 2024, according to biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and …
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank announced that David Cyr, president and CEO of the bank, will retire at the end of 2025 and the board of directors have appointed Dan Tilton, executive vice president of sales and customer relations, as the bank’s new president.