By Lydia Gauvin Editor’s note: Lydia Gauvin recently completed her eighth-grade year at Penquis Valley Middle School in Milo.

AUGUSTA — Gov.

The Center Theatre has assembled a group of teens who will be travelling throughout the region this summer performing a play called “Twain by the Tale.

GREENVILLE — The location will stay the same on the Pritham Avenue campus near the shores of Moosehead Lake to serve residents and visitors to the region alike, but much of the existing Northern Light CA Dean Hospital will be replaced with new modern facilities in 2022-23.

Residents of the three SAD 41 communities approved a $10,217,483 budget for the 2021-22 academic year via a combined tally of 71 “yes” votes to 21 “no” votes during the referendum on June 24.

By Matt Berg, Bangor Daily News Staff A few showers this week weren’t enough to stave off the dry conditions, with weather officials declaring a “severe drought” for parts of central Maine.

By Matt Berg, Bangor Daily News Staff A Penobscot County man was cited by police for allegedly sending threatening messages to the owner of a Skowhegan vintage boutique and a reporter.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The former Dover-Foxcroft police chief was indicted Thursday, June 24 by the Piscataquis County grand jury on charges related to his alleged assault on a former partner last year.

Healthy Living for ME is offering a free, 6-week, interactive workshop entitled Building Better Caregivers.

The Piscataquis County Committee of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $43,500 in grants to five nonprofit organizations.

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Grocery shopping in Maine is about to look a little different.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Several hospitals in central and western Maine are seeing staff vaccination rates lower than the corresponding rate for the adult population here, opening them to a higher risk of outbreaks and reflecting the challenges of vaccine hesitancy.

MONSON — The Monson Free Public Library is holding a fundraiser through a gofundme/f/the-berenice-abbott-project account to raise the necessary funds to mat and frame 10 Berenice Abbott prints given to the library several years ago.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District has offered our Families in the Outdoors series since 2017.

ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND – In its second year of grantmaking, the Maine Community Foundation’s Start Up/Scale Up Grant Program is providing $225,000 to 11 Maine nonprofit organizations that are helping new ventures start and grow through shared workspaces and incubator and accelerator programs.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff National Republican groups have already poured more than $700,000 into Maine’s 2nd District this year as they try again to unseat Rep.

Throughout the month of June anglers of all abilities are encouraged to cast for Fishing Across Maine, a fundraiser for Wayside Food Programs and to help end food insecurity across the state.