By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The 71-year-old driver of a tractor trailer hauling wood chips was hospitalized after crashing in Charleston on Friday morning, July 28.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals are pleased to welcome family practitioner Kristin Hartt, MD to their healthcare teams and to their communities.

BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the Economic Recovery Implementation HUB program, in collaboration with DECD.

BANGOR — Penquis President and CEO Kara Hay was recently awarded the National Lyndon Baines Johnson Leadership Award by the National Community Action Partnership.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month Head of Maintenance Josh York told the Piscataquis County commissioners that as of October the jail camera system will not be able to take any more updates as the Windows operating program is out of date.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A building at 11 Grange Street has been determined to be in disrepair and cannot be rehabilitated due to a variety of issues.

BANGOR — The following local students have been named to the spring 2023 president’s list at Husson University, for attaining a GPA of 3.

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the spring 2023 full-time and part-time president’s lists and the spring 2023 full-time and part-time dean’s lists.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — What happens if you lose the ability to express your healthcare wishes following an illness or injury? If you have an advance directive, your family and caregivers will know what care you want, or may not want, on your terms, and it will be easier for a loved one to make decisions for you.

BREWER — This week, Northern Light Health became the first healthcare system in New England to achieve the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Adoption Model for Analytics Stage 6 designation, which measures the success of analytics strategy and competency.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff HOULTON — Layoffs at Katahdin Cedar Log Homes and increased consumer interest in building log homes in Aroostook County pushed Moosehead Cedar Log Homes to expand into Houlton, according to the Dover-Foxcroft company’s president.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation granted $195,000 to 23 nonprofit organizations in Northern New England that are uplifting their communities.

Grade eight, high honors: Joanna Austie, Lili Bisson, Thomas Day Marion Deitz, Jadenne Frigon, Payson, Hall, Jenna Hartford, Samantha Kinney, Joseph Knapp, Madison Sands, Joshua Sinclair; honors: Lily Beauchemin, Teagan Conrad, Corey Goodwin, Kain Niland, Hailey Nutter, David Richards, Kaylyn Dorothy Sargent, Julia Smith, Kristin Thomas, Maddox Weidman, Hunter Whitten.

By Jon Knepp, Thompson Free Library director DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft is excited to announce that we have received a grant from the Maine State Library totaling over $96,000 as part of MSL’s Remote Work Through Libraries Program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Demand for foraging workshops are high and for the fifth year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is ready to bring this educational opportunity to our region again.

Congressional funding could be the last hope for an emergency radio overhaul in Piscataquis County.

FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to announce the dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester.

FARMINGTON – The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces its dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester.