PORTLAND — AARP Maine is seeking nominations for its 2021 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors those individuals who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Classic basil pesto is perfect on its own.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it raised $110,000 during the month of June as part of the Campaign’s $100,000 Challenge.

DEXTER — Earlier in the month 80 teenagers and adults from around the country spent close to a week in Dexter working on 13 home projects at no cost for area residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs made.

We are living in extraordinary times as we are just now emerging from a deadly pandemic that has killed over 600,000 of our fellow Americans.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension was one of several organizations that surveyed farmers and agriculture service providers in 2020 to determine the stressors being experienced during the pandemic and what practices might best help Maine farms recover.

The Maine Association of REALTORS Foundation (MAR Foundation) has awarded $10,000 to Penquis from the REALTORS Affordable Housing Fund.

Grade 5, high honors — habits of work: Raelynn Anderson, Morgan Andrews, Adam Brown, Ava Brown, Jackson Clark, Keegan Cromwell, Riley Curtis, Hannah Derosier, Kennedy Hoyt, Aubrey Ladd, Camden McInnis, Hazel McNaughton, Audriana Morin, Keirra Quattrocchi, Allaynah Rolfe and Will Simpson.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Beth Ranagan It was early evening at a Sebec Lake setting on July 26 that the transfer of leadership for the Central Hall Commons took place.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s been a good summer so far for ants.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The members of the Dover-Foxcroft GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Miosac Club will be holding a yard sale on Saturday, July 17 from 8 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Preserving green beans will be the focus of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Lunch and Learn workshop from noon to 12:30 p.

GREENVILLE — The 15th annual Thoreau Wabanaki Trail Festival takes place Wednesday  through Monday, July 21-26, and, like its name-sake, programs trace different locations across  land, sky and water for different experiences.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Vision Care of Maine, serving communities in over 10 locations throughout Maine, will hold a grand opening and Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for a new, larger Dover-Foxcroft location.

GREENVILLE — The Piscataquis County Democratic Committee met in person on June 27 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Maine.

The Camden Conference has chosen the winners of the annual Bill Taylor Award for the high school level essay contest.

GUILFORD — Guilford Memorial Library will be hosting a book sale by donation from 9 a.