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By Allison Kanoti and Patty Cormier If you’ve enjoyed Maine’s northern or western woods on a hike, or are a logger, a landowner, a forester, or just someone who finds peace in the woods, you know the scale and the value of our forests.

HAMPDEN — Brooklyn Decker of Penquis Valley High School earned top honors in the shot put at a May 22 Penobscot Valley Conference track meet at Hampden Academy, helping the Patriots score 37 points to finish fifth among a field of six teams.

GARLAND — The public is invited to begin Memorial Day, Monday May 26 in Garland in the Baptist church yard at 7:30 a.

American Legion Post 92 of Brownville Junction and American Legion Post 41 of Milo will mark Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 with several morning events.

OLD TOWN — The Piscataquis Community Middle School outdoor track team took part in a Eastern Maine Middle School Track League meet at Old Town High School on May 21.

To the Editor; It is very likely that most Mainers, even if they have never used a cryptocurrency ATM, have seen them in neighborhood grocery stores, convenience stores or liquor stores.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife just introduced its new app to the public this week called ME Outdoors.

Northern Light Mayo Hospital and Northern Light Medical Transport recently celebrated paramedic William “Bill” Zimmerman for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Maine EMS, a bureau of the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Conner-Trafton Post 119 of The American Legion of Guilford will be conducting three ceremonies for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26.