By Aislinn SarnackiBDN Staff It’s hard to say who saw the moose first.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer A 2016-17 budget of $8,319,049 was approved by a count of 102 to 56 at the June 28 referendum across the district towns of Atkinson, Brownville, LaGrange and Milo.

By Nok-Noi RickerBDN Staff BAXTER STATE PARK — It took 10 hours and more than 40 people to carry a 20-year-old hiker from Connecticut off Mount Katahdin June 29 after she fell and injured herself while descending the Hunt Trail, park officials say.

BANGOR — Retired SAD 4 Superintendent and current State Rep.

By Judy HarrisonBDN Staff BANGOR — An Exeter man was sentenced Friday in U.

    CASTINE — Two students from the region recently graduated from Maine Maritime Academy.

The Sebec Village Associates will have a day of events on the Fourth of July next week, with proceeds benefitting the Reading Room.

 CASTINE — A half dozen students from the region were named to the spring dean’s list at Maine Maritime Academy.

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BANGOR — A number of students from the region received academic honors at Husson University for the spring 2016 semester.

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Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union The Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union served breakfast to an estimated 275 people on June 11 near the Guilford Memorial Bridge.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 of the Daughters of Union Veterans held an initiation ceremony on June 11 for new member Linda York Moon, right.

Contributed photo  The Misty Mountaineers will play on Saturday, June 25 at 7 p.

The following scholarships and awards were presented at the Foxcroft Academy commencement on June 12: Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy FOXCROFT ACADEMY CLASS OF 2016 — The 113 members of the Foxcroft Academy Class of 2016 received their diplomas on June 12 during the school’s 193rd commencement ceremony.

The following scholarships were presented to Piscataquis Community High School seniors: Ethan Abbott: Parkman Scholarship Fund, Jeffrey J.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom   Piscataquis Community Elementary School grade six teacher Diana Hobart, right, is presented with the first yearbook out of the box by Principal Anita Wright during an assembly on June 3 to kick off the school’s annual Arts Alive event.