Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SUMMERFEST BOAT RACE — The Anything Floats race returned as part of Monson Summerfest on Saturday, July 17, with competitors racing their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Former Gov.

AUGUSTA – LD 626, “An Act To Clarify Temporary Mooring Privileges for Moorings on Inland Waters,” has been carried over to the second regular session of the 130th Legislature.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

PORTLAND — AARP Maine is seeking nominations for its 2021 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors those individuals who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it raised $110,000 during the month of June as part of the Campaign’s $100,000 Challenge.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension was one of several organizations that surveyed farmers and agriculture service providers in 2020 to determine the stressors being experienced during the pandemic and what practices might best help Maine farms recover.

The Maine Association of REALTORS Foundation (MAR Foundation) has awarded $10,000 to Penquis from the REALTORS Affordable Housing Fund.

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.

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.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News StaffChildhood friends Will Peterson, Nik Hase and Xander Keiter have shared a lot of adventures together growing up in southern Maine.

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.