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 Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff Ryan T.

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

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff White-tailed deer in Maine will have a greater chance of surviving severe winter conditions in the future thanks to recent measures taken by the Legislature.

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Farmers and gardeners who feel like Maine’s growing season is changing are right.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Browntail moths have already begun laying clusters of eggs in fuzzy brown egg sacks that will become next year’s toxic caterpillars.

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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — You are in the midst of a yoga pose when you feel a slight nudge and something hairy brushing against your body.

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

Grade eight, high honors: Margarette Clarke, Heidi Clawson, Emily Greenlaw, Madyson Kimball, Eli Lane, Brianna Lawrence, Jack Murray and Cameron Pratt; honors: Shem Atwater, Emma Bither, Brooklynn Black, Leora Brochu, Shayli Cirulli, Hailey Coelho, Allison Conner, Anastasia Curtis, Ashton Day, Evalyn Fisk, Jackson Goodine, Grace Greene, Scott Greene, Alexis Heretakis, Hailey Holler, Joshua Knapp, Calvin Landry, Kennedi Martell, Serenity McCabe, Korbyn McCormick, Kael Niland, Aspen Perry, Jason Rhoda, Elizabeth Richards, Lea Schnetzer, Lochlainn Schriver, Ella Smith, Silas Topolski, Xavier Warren and Conner Watt.

HALLOWELL – The Maine Tourism Association recently polled its members about July 4 weekend business, visitor trends and how the workforce shortage is affecting business.

AUGUSTA – LD 61, “An Act To Include Grandparents under Maine’s Family Medical Leave Laws,” has become law after receiving bipartisan support.

Grade 12, high honors: Lucas Ames, Sheryl Chase, Francesco Di Crescenzo, Caleb Fockens, Lorane Genot, Hunter Kemp, Kai Lun Lai, Noah Lamb, Anna Lee Morin, Ava Rayfield, Annabelle Rhoda, Lucas Ronco, Hermes Tong and Bradley Whitten; honors: Benjamin Hadley Anderson, Valentina Ballarin, Kerem Bekmez, Kelli Jo Black, Giulia Brasili, Miriam Elizabeth Cameron, Loranzo Lory D’Andrea, Martina De Lucia, Khrystofor Downing, Isaac Drury, Dayita Durachman, Kaylee Durgin, Samuel Gidman, Triston Green, Lucas Greenlaw, Siarra Hendren, Kylie Higgins, May Horton, Barrett Knapp, Izaak Krause, Samantha Lancaster, Nguyen Mai Le, Tyler Moore, Kim Ngan Nguyen, Selina Plante, Dakota Richardson, David Scott, Luke John Stedman, Makayla Talbot and Ching Ya Annie Wang.

By David Marino Jr.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Voters will decide in November on enshrining a right to food in the Maine Constitution, which would continue the state’s pioneering efforts on the topic but likely prompt decades of discussion over what exactly such a right would allow or prevent.

ROME — Kids and adults with disabilities and their families in Piscataquis County can experience the freedom and fun of Pine Tree Camp this summer.

FALMOUTH — A loon glides  across a still lake, the white dots on its black wings appearing to sparkle in the reflection off the water.

By David Marino Jr.