Piscataquis Observer
WEBServing the interest of Piscataquis County. DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is applying to the Maine Board of Emergency Medical Services to license Northern Light Mayo Hospital as a transporting service at the EMT level, permitted to provide care at the paramedic level on some calls, with a primary service area of Abbot, Athens, Atkinson, Barnard Twp, Blanchard Twp, Bowerbank ...
Surrounded by wilderness in Maine -Piscataquis Observer
WEB5 hours ago · To the Editor; Aislinn Sarnacki obviously is not only very enthusiastic about the outdoors, but also about writing about her experiences hiking the Maine outdoors and wilderness. Does she see much wildlife during hiking that readers would find interesting? Having grown up in Millinocket surrounded by forest and the wilderness that Aislinn Sarnacki writes about, I have not only never climbed ...
Dr. Evans for Senate District 4 -Piscataquis Observer
WEB1 day ago · This Nov. 5 Rich Evans, D-Dover-Foxcroft is running for the Maine State Senate District 4 (if you are reading this, you are probably in District 4). Rich was born into poverty in Houston Texas, one of seven children living in an uninsulated, 2-bedroom house with no running water or air conditioning. Neither of his parents graduated from high ...
Obituaries | Piscataquis Observer
WEB1942 - 2024. Lois M. (Averill) Nelson, 81, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2024, after a long illness. She was born in Dover-Foxcroft on November 15, 1942, to Henry L. Averill and Isabel R. (Day) Averill. Lois enjoyed knitting, reading, watching cardinals at her bird feeders and baking with her grandchildren.
A surgeon’s touch in the Legislature -Piscataquis Observer
WEB1 day ago · Staff, Piscataquis Observer • September 30, 2024. To the Editor; I am writing to support the candidacy of Dr. Richard Evans, who is running for the Maine Senate in Senate District 4. I first became acquainted with Dr. Evans when he joined the medical staff of Mayo Regional Hospital, where I practiced orthopedic surgery.
Obituaries | Piscataquis Observer
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Northern Light Health goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WEB5 hours ago · Staff, Piscataquis Observer • October 1, 2024. BREWER — Breast Cancer Awareness Month has long been associated with the color pink. To show our support for breast cancer patients, Northern Light Health is encouraging our team members at every location to wear a pop – or even an entire outfit – of …
This bear led hunters and hounds on a merry chase
WEB2 days ago · Dean’s friend Ryan DeLaBruere of DeLaBruere’s Fall Brook Kennel in Vermont, who came to Maine with his trained Plott hounds, agreed to hunt the big bear. On Sept. 17, the bear showed up on a game camera at 4:15 a.m. Before, it had been seen between 10 p.m. and midnight, so the trail would have …
News -Piscataquis Observer
WEBD-F Select Board OKs funding for dam hydro study. DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following last June’s vote to reject a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River — indicating citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permitting, and repair costs for the structure — the Mayo Mill Dam ...
County & State News -Piscataquis Observer
WEBSANGERVILLE — Each year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District honors a volunteer that has helped us carry out our mission of building resilient, sustainable farms and forests through education, technical services, demonstration, and stewardship. This year, the 2024 PCSWCD Volunteer of the Year award was awarded to two people, Kim Merritt and Chuck Batdorf of Abbot.