Sheriff Robert Young said Monday that state officials have approved the jail’s plan to regain compliance.
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5 don’t-miss exhibits as Maine’s busy fair season ramps up
Historic villages, a ‘Charlotte’s Web’ recreation, and a real rodeo are just some of the many highlights at the state’s agricultural fairs this year.
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Piscataquis County Jail flagged for serious health risks, inconsistent record-keeping
Sheriff Robert Young says the Dover-Foxcroft facility is on track to fix the issues of noncompliance that the Maine Department of Corrections raised in a recent inspection.
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12-year-old boy hit by driver in Dover-Foxcroft
Authorities have not provided details on the identify or condition of the child, who was riding a bicycle.
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100 years ago, two Maine towns got married. It hasn’t happened again since.
The former Piscataquis County towns of Dover and Foxcroft only managed to merge after women got the right to vote, but they’ve been happily hyphenated ever since.
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Maine Whoopie Pie Festival set to return June 25
After a two-year COVID hiatus, the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival is set to return Saturday, June 25 to downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The festival, which began in 2009, celebrates the taste of Maine’s official state treat, the Whoopie Pie. The festival is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and organizers say there will be more than […]
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Maine foundation offers journalism scholarships
Maine students interested in careers in journalism can apply for post-secondary scholarships from the Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund at the Maine Community Foundation. The scholarship honors Gannett, a businessman and entrepreneur who launched his newspaper career in 1921 with the purchase of two newspapers he merged into the Portland Press Herald, according to […]
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Registration opens for 2022 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival
Organizers of the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival recently announced that they plan to hold the event in person on Saturday, June 25, in downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The festival brings thousands of people to Dover-Foxcroft to celebrate the taste of Maine’s “official state treat,” the whoopie pie, according to a news release from festival organizers. The festival […]
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Dover-Foxcroft police chief arrested and charged in domestic assault
Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Ryan Reardon is accused of trying to strangle a woman with whom he was having an affair.
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Former Maine House candidate faces 9 charges after alleged attempt to murder relative
Christopher Hallowell, 24, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon after being arrested Monday.