By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff You’re driving along the highway, minding your own business, when you whiz past the carcass of a dead deer.

AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine recently welcomed five new board members to its board of directors including Whitney Gould-Cookson, MS, RD, LD, clinical dietitian at Northern Light Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft.

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DEXTER — The Maine Red Hot Festival will be back in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Just over three weeks before the start of classes on Wednesday, Aug.

BOWERBANK — Every five years Bowerbank Days returns to the community of 100-plus citizens and more seasonal residents on the shores of Sebec Lake and in 2024 the festival features events in the village on the evening of Friday, Aug.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Several bills the Maine Legislature passed into law this session related to boats, ATVs, snowmobiling, invasive species and hunting will go into effect on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — DOVER-FOXCROFT — For four years Piscataquis County and municipal emergency officials have been working to update outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha School students recently had the opportunity to catch up on academics from the previous year, keep up on literacy and math skills for when classes resume later in the month, and take part in a number of activities in the 6-week 21st Century Summer Program.

By Michael Shepherd and Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The state flag design that Mainers will decide on this November is similar to the one that flew from 1901-09, featuring a mostly photorealistic pine tree at the center of a buff background alongside a blue star.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Last Saturday night, a rock band performed on the wooden stage of the Trenton Grange, built a century ago to host secret, ritual-based meetings for local farmers.

GREENVILLE — Forest Heritage Days, an annual event that celebrates the rich forestry heritage of the Northwoods of Maine, is excited to announce its schedule of events for 2024.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — For Marilou “LuLu” Ranta, winning a James Beard award wasn’t nearly as exciting as the morning she spent at the federal courthouse.

LEWISTON — Jacob Raynes of Dover Foxcroft recently graduated from Bates College with a major in economics.

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Fidium Fiber is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Dexter and Guilford, as well as parts of the Corinna, Garland, and Sangerville areas, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 5,200 homes and businesses in these Maine communities.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — One of the state’s major health care providers will close a Dexter-based facility next month.