The entire state of Maine is now enduring a moderate- to severe state of drought for the first time in 18 years.

Moral injury is the distress one feels when a person has acted against their moral principles, beliefs and values.

DEXTER — Less than two months before voters head to the polls and absentee ballots are due, Dexter officials are busy preparing for the election on Tuesday, Nov.

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BREWER — In July, Northern Light Health launched its first podcast, Tim Talk, hosted by President and CEO Tim Dentry with the goal to break down barriers, open hearts and minds to diversity and focus on issues of social and medical justice.

SEBEC — It is Jim Mauzy’s 77th birthday on Saturday, Sept.

Four candidates will vie to represent Maine in the U.

CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) today confirmed that an employee of the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston has tested positive for COVID-19.

Maine can print ranked-choice voting ballots for the November presidential election, the state’s high court ruled on Monday, but it has not finally decided whether the system will be used in a case over whether a Republican people’s veto effort will move forward.

GUILFORD — The decision is ultimately up to the Maine Principals’ Association, but if the organization gives the go-ahead for fall high school sports then Piscataquis Community Secondary School teams will be on the field as the SAD 4 school board gave its approval to the season during a Sept.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Central Hall Commons officials announced that they will be reopening with limited office hours as well as limited events starting in September.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The free Monday night community dinner at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church will resume on the second Monday of the month as take out/drive thru only beginning Monday, Sept.

I don’t really need a reason to go looking for a general aviation flight when I am traveling or on vacation.

PRESQUE ISLE — This summer Northern Maine Community Education physics instructor Shari Ward completed her EdD in performance improvement leadership through Capella University, placing her among the 1 percent of Aroostook adults with doctorate-level education.

While a small number of Maine churches have been publicly fighting the state’s limits on large indoor gatherings, they are greatly outnumbered by the hundreds of other congregations that have chosen to follow the rules that are meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

HERMON — On the morning of Sept.