By Annie Bupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A year after Bangor Savings Bank saw residential mortgage loans plummet by more than 40 percent, the bank is reporting that these loans are back up by 17 percent, according to its annual report released June 24.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank is pleased to announce the seven high school senior recipients of the 2025 Skowhegan Savings College Scholarship awards: Aya Abdulmohsin, Cony High School; Jorja Brown, Skowhegan Area High School; Chase Farnsworth, Dexter Regional High School; Elijah Hoeft, Mt.

DEXTER —  After a pair of Dexter representatives to the SAD 46 School Board were recalled, the town has started the process to fill the two vacancies.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Front, from left, Baylee Packard, Bayleigh Wiggins, Laney Scott and Peyton Dodge.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The home addresses of Maine lawmakers are no longer listed on the Legislature’s website after a gunman killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and wounded another and his wife over the weekend.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education is pleased to recognize its nine student interns, working across a variety of Maine DOE offices and teams in the spring and summer.

PORTLAND – The John T.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law on June 10.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE YEAR — At Senior Assembly at Dexter Regional High School, Students of the Year were awarded.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Garland woman has been arrested in the death of a 78-year-old in Hartland in April.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Dexter residents voted on Tuesday to remove two members of its local school board.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine pharmacies would no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products under a proposal that state lawmakers advanced Monday.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School SEAL OF BILITERACY — Fannie Patel of Dexter has earned Dexter Regional High School’s very first Maine State Seal of Biliteracy for demonstrating proficiency in a language other than English.

Despite the hottest conditions of the year so far, area agencies took part in the 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run to carry the Flame of Hope on June 5.

By Patty Wight, Maine Public Vaccination rates among school-aged children in Maine are above 97 percent, according to the latest annual report from the state Center for Disease Control.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the May Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

BANGOR – Penquis C.