Administration also encourages schools to participate in Maine free pooled testing program AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration today informed Maine School Administrative Units that it expects all schools to offer full-time, in-person learning this fall.

PORTLAND — Effective Father’s Day Weekend (June 19-20), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has lifted the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation throughout the state of Maine.

Voters in Dover-Foxcroft, RSU 68, SAD 4 and SAD 46 all went to the polls on Tuesday, June 8.

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Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER NHS — Members of the Dexter Regional High School National Honor Society are front, from left, Jylian Lupo, Ora Rudloff-Eastman, Peyton Grant, Makayla Bignell, Santinaca Lawson, Abby Andrews, Sydney Fogler, Annika King and Avery Herrick.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Former Gov.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Central Maine Power’s president and CEO will retire at the end of June.

BREWER — Joining forces with Portland-based Partners for World Health, Northern Light Health is donating much-needed medical supplies and equipment to help overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare systems in India respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Memorial Day weekend travel rebounded significantly in Maine in 2021, but it remained short of pre-pandemic levels with rural gains offset by dips in coastal tourism centers amid international travel restrictions and lingering virus concerns.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council recently submitted a grant application to the ConnectMaine Authority seeking a $30,000 grant for a study to identify specific broadband issues in the region.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Maine has one of the highest rates of coronavirus vaccination in the country, but some of the rural counties in the state lag behind the more populated areas.

GUILFORD – Davis Bros.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Research is showing there is a connection between the tick populations, the mice populations and the spread of Lyme disease in Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met May 24 at the Bear’s Den.

Observer file photo/Stuart HedstromCOLOR GUARD — The stars and stripes of the U.

WESTBROOK – Just in time for National Hunger Awareness Month, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is launching a 30-day, $100,000 challenge beginning June 1 to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank, local community food pantries, and meal sites.

GUILFORD — A proposed 2021-22 SAD 4 budget totaling $7,448,288 was approved during the annual district budget meeting held May 26 in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

GUILFORD — Members of the Valley Grange #144 opted for an atypical choice as the organization’s Community Citizen Award while looking back on a year-plus in the coronavirus pandemic.