WASHINGTON, D.

WASHINGTON, D.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County has chosen a property in Hampden as the potential site for a new jail, according to a source with knowledge of the decision.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Someone earning minimum wage needs to work 61 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Maine.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A train engineer is suing Canadian Pacific Railway, saying the company should have known there was a high risk that tracks would be washed out before a train derailment in rural Maine nearly three years ago.

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GUILFORD — Organizers have released the schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 26 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vermont — Vermont State University is proud to congratulate Maia Shahin of Guilford for being named to the dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester.

MILO — Though the 2024-2025 monthly meetings of Milo Garden Club have ended, plans for spring and summer events continue to grow.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Hammond Lumber Co.

SANGERVILLE — A special town meeting to set the due date for Sangerville’s property taxes may be held at 6 p.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — Come check out the activities taking place for the 19th annual Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromFIRE TRUCKS IN THE LEAD — The second annual Two Knights Festival in Sangerville on Saturday, July 19 began with a morning parade from the village cemetery to the Veterans Memorial Park along Main Street, with Sangerville Fire Department trucks leading the way heading up the hill.

Grade eight, high honors: Ella Annis, Alexis Arcaro, Lauren Caruso, Tiffany Chan, Ayla Furmna, Alex Hanson, Michael Kinney, Cooper Knepp, Ryan McGary, Hunter McKusick-Slama, Madelyn Poire, Adalynn Rayfield, Alexis Richardson, Cary Sullivan, Owen White; honors: Gabriel Chambers.

The Maine Community Foundation has launched two new grant programs: Land for Communities and the Maine Women’s Fund.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police offered more information about the search that led to a shelter-in-place order Friday, July 18 in Dover-Foxcroft and ended with two men in custody.

Grade eight, habits of work honor roll high honors: Cindy Adams, Memphis Cole, Elainah Hotham, Alessandra Long, Callista Rodgers, Fiona Rodgers, Liam Saunders, Hailey Young; academic honor roll high honors: Alessandra Long, Callista Rodgers, Liam Saunders, Landen Sillanpaa.