AUGUSTA — The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Land Use Planning Commission is inviting residents, property owners and others to help shape the next Comprehensive Land Use Plan by participating in a pre-process survey.

To the Editor; I didn’t expect to care this much about health policy while I was in college.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff A town of fewer than 1,700 people on the edge of Moosehead Lake at first glance appears to be approving more housing per capita than most other communities in the state.

Grade eight, habits of work – high honors: Cierra Canfield, Cameron Cobb, Blake Dodge, Ally Hill, Peyton Hill, Makayla Holcomb Ava Kimball, Willow Bubar, Carson Coffman, Corinne Ladd, Emma Spizuoco, Chad Stanley, Brookelyn VanAlstyne; high honors: Blake Dodge, Makayla Holcomb, Cierra Canfield, Corinne Ladd, Cameron Cobb, Ally Hill, Peyton Hill, Ava Kimball.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Home values in Maine keep climbing.

By Maine Public Maine officials want to eliminate quarantine rules imposed to stop the spread of invasive emerald ash borer, arguing that the destructive beetle has continued to spread despite restrictions.

Grade eight, high honors: Jacquelyn Allman, Bailey Ames, Sophie Dyer, Nina Espinosa, Lilah French, Kinsley Hall, Addison Herbest, Brayden Hodges, Jenna LePrevost, Parker Lizotte, Jackson Mallory, Sariah Martin, Hana Murray, Kaydiense Nelson, Evan Omoigiade, Ava Pulkkinen, Audrina Rideout, Katelyn Snow, Aurora, Youngblood; honors: Hashem Abed Elnoor, Aiya Ade, Claire Armstrong, Blake Baker, Marley Bartolomeu, Adam Boyles, Caitrin Brock, Jaxson Chambers, Autumn Chase, Audrey Cleaves, Landon Cyr, Cedar Deertrack, Brynn Gaudet, Claire Gosselin, Jacob Haack, Nicholas Hall, Alice Hutchinson, Charles Johnston, William Maselli, Harper Menz, Annie Moulton, Kaleb Partridge, Avery Pomerleau, Kaeden Roope, Kohen Tirrell, Grace Wasel, Madelynn Walker, Wade Worster.

DEXTER — The Eastern Maine Sports Card Show will be held from 9 a.

GUILFORD — Organizers have released the schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 25 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.