DOVER-FOXCROFT — Citizenship was the trait recognized during the month of May for the SeDoMoCha School’s Students in the Spotlight honorees.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — While property owners in the Unorganized Territory await their tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Piscataquis County officials are doing likewise.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff New rates for Central Maine Power and Versant Power customers went into effect July 1.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health’s warning of coming changes without providing details is creating a mood of uncertainty about its future, an expert said.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health is warning of coming changes at the health care system — but says no hospitals will be closed.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School, 63 Harrison Ave.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff In a typical spring, high school students from around the world — China, Vietnam, South Korea, Spain, Germany, Italy and many other countries — would be scheduling interview appointments for the visas they need to study in Maine.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Police arrested a Massachusetts man on June 25 in Greenville after he allegedly led them on a multi-town chase.

MONSON — The sculptures are coming! The Monson Collaborative, a downtown MDF affiliate organization, has been working with the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium for the past three years to bring a large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibition to Monson.

MONSON — In conjunction with the installation of five sculptures along the town’s main street, the Monson Arts Gallery is hosting “Quarries: Muse and Material.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Front, from left, Baylee Packard, Bayleigh Wiggins, Laney Scott and Peyton Dodge.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The home addresses of Maine lawmakers are no longer listed on the Legislature’s website after a gunman killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and wounded another and his wife over the weekend.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law on June 10.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces that five of the 16 recently named 2025 Maine County Teachers of the Year are Farmington graduates, having received their bachelor’s and/or master’s degree from UMF.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine pharmacies would no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products under a proposal that state lawmakers advanced Monday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Children can again eat free meals this summer at the SeDoMoCha School, 63 Harrison Avenue, when school is out.

By Patty Wight, Maine Public Vaccination rates among school-aged children in Maine are above 97 percent, according to the latest annual report from the state Center for Disease Control.