WELLINGTON — Maine game wardens located a lost woman in the woods of Wellington early in the evening on May 13.

By Nok-Noi RickerBDN Staff BRASSUA TOWNSHIP — Concerned loved ones of an 80-year-old Rockwood man who didn’t return from a fishing trip Thursday notified the Maine Warden Service on Friday afternoon, and searchers recovered his body from Brassua Lake later in the day, Warden Cpl.

BANGOR — Dexter Regional High School sophomore Rebecca Batron received honorable mention recognition in the Penobscot County Bar Association’s essay/art contest for high school students in the county.

By Beth Ranagan The benefits of exercise to promote good physical and mental health of seniors is well known.

Grade 12, high honors: Haley Bergeron; honors: Delani Bennett, Megan Bergeron, Ashley Briggs, Ethan Cooley, Courtney Deane, Cole Edes, Tijana Flick, Chelsey Gerrish, Michael Gustin, Sariah Harmon, Cahrey Harris, Indira Jones, McKenzie Landry, Jordynne Littlefield, Steven Marden, Christal Merrill, Benjamin Morrill, Christian Mumley, Mercedes Murdoch, Haylee Patterson, Tiffany Porter, Devin Ronco, Brandon Sanborn, Tristan Sanborn, Alanna Wilson, Lucinda Callie Wingert, Timothy Wright.

AUGUSTA — Paul Magoon, emergency medical technician of Harmony was among those honored at the annual State EMS Awards May 17 at the Statehouse.

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FORT KENT — The TRIO, student support services program, at the University of Maine at Fort Kent held its eighth annual recognition banquet last month.

  AUGUSTA — On the final day of the legislative session, Sen.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Foundation has announced the 2016 grant recipients in the Community Matters More program.

BANGOR — The 2016 Bangor Savings Bank peanut butter and jelly drive recently piled up a record-setting 12,645 jars of the sandwich contents for food pantries throughout Maine.

Wednesday, May 11 — Salisbury steak with onion gravy, spinach mashed potatoes, green beans and baby carrots, wheat bread and dessert.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has announced that seven towns have been awarded funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administered by the Office of Community Development within DECD.

By Judy HarrisonBDN Staff GARLAND — A local woman died Saturday in a single-car crash on a gravel road, according to Maine State Police.

Thursday, May 5 Piscataquis Pomona Grange meets at Garland Grange.

Photo courtesy of Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR  Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR welcomed new member Heidi Dow at the April chaptermeeting.

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PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange announces the immediate availability of application packages for 2016 Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarships.