PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange is announcing plans to award 2023 Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarships to one or more deserving SAD 4 residents continuing their education beyond high school.

In honor of their 50-year history, Partners for Peace, Maine’s first domestic violence resource center, is collecting 50 stories from people affected by domestic abuse to be highlighted in October.

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ANNANDALE, Minnesota — Malco Products, SBC, one of the nation’s leading solution developers and manufacturers of a variety of high-quality tools for the building trades, announced the winners of its first-ever Building Exterior Trade-Pro of the Year Award program.

BANGOR — Northern Light Health is proud to support organ, eye, and tissue donation.

AUGUSTA — Mainers have responded to the Maine Connectivity Authority’s broadband survey by the thousands, but five counties are lagging behind: Androscoggin, Franklin, Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Sagadahoc.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The illegal introduction of invasive species poses a serious threat to the health of existing native fish populations in Maine’s lakes and rivers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners agreed during a meeting Tuesday to seek bids for a roof repair project for the sheriff’s office patrol building in Guilford.

GUILFORD — When students come together to network and share ideas about mental health, substance use, and overall well being, schools and communities benefit.

Police in Boston, Massachusetts, have located a Guilford woman missing from Maine since early March.

The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a Guilford woman who hasn’t been seen since early March.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In the last few years, Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Tree & Plant Sale has evolved, quite significantly.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this year Piscataquis County invited students of all ages to design a logo or seal that celebrates the region’s heritage and beauty, which will be used on documents, online, and elsewhere.

BREWER — Northern Light Health is proud to serve Maine’s increasingly diverse residents and visitors.

BREWER — Bangor resident Beverly Fowler keeps track of her congestive heart failure every day through a remote monitoring device that was surgically implanted.

Grade 12, highest honors: Emma Calnan, Samantha Goodwin, Kendall Kimball, and Norah MacMahon; high honors: Gabby Clark, Cadence Clukey, Maximilian Daehn, Melissa Demmer, Jenifer Lonergan, Alexandria Maguire, Abbey Ricker, Katelynn White, Meriel Willey, and Anna Zimmerman; honors: Sydney Grenier, Christina Maguire, Saia Miles, Angelique Pelkey, Maria Pinheiro Velame, Brylee Ricker, Molly Sipple, Gabe Talbot, and Gracie Talbot.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine-based company that manufactures COVID-19 test and other medical swabs is furloughing more than 250 workers at its Pittsfield facilities due to a lack of demand.

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