FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington honored members of the Class of 2025 with a festive Commencement celebration on May 10.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A small local club celebrated more than 90 years of friendship and giving back to their neighbors and extended community.

The Maine Community Foundation announced the launch of a new initiative to strengthen Maine communities by ensuring strong, local news coverage in all parts of the state.

Gordon Contracting of Sangerville was awarded the Route 15 highway project from Abbot to Greenville by the Maine Department of Transportation.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Rick and Nancy Labbe are avid anglers who spend a lot of time fishing on Moosehead Lake.

Contributed photoMEMBERSHIP PIN — Five members of the Omicron Chapter of DKG International, an organization of key women educators, honored Gloria Burns with her 40-year membership pin at a luncheon in Greenville on May 19.

GARLAND — The public is invited to begin Memorial Day, Monday May 26 in Garland in the Baptist church yard at 7:30 a.

American Legion Post 92 of Brownville Junction and American Legion Post 41 of Milo will mark Memorial Day on Monday, May 26 with several morning events.

Northern Light Mayo Hospital and Northern Light Medical Transport recently celebrated paramedic William “Bill” Zimmerman for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Maine EMS, a bureau of the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Conner-Trafton Post 119 of The American Legion of Guilford will be conducting three ceremonies for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26.

GREENVILLE — Registration is now open for the Forrest G.

GREENVILLE — Greenville’s Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 26 will start at noon at American Legion Post 94 on Pritham Avenue.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A request for proposals for Piscataquis County’s $6.

MILO — With bids coming in over the $7.

MILO — A proposed budget of nearly $12 million for the Milo-area school district next year will go before voters in June for final approval.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY IN DOVER-FOXCROFT – Participants in the 2022 Memorial Day parade in Dover-Foxcroft march from the fire station down East Main Street to the Piscataquis River bridge for a wreath ceremony.

Grade 12, high honors: Autumn Linscott, Abigail Davis, Adelie Chaullier, Brayden Hobbs, Brenan Grant, Gavin Chase, Haylee Newman, Kalea Gahagan, Lucas Chai, McKenzie McMahon, Rylee Heal, Samantha Lane, Sara Giovanardi, Savannah Spencer, Skylar Brennan, Tristan Goodwin, Whitnee Stone; honors: Abel Gunn, Ahreanna Sawyer, Gage Bolstridge, James Chenkin, Jimmy Annance, Kayla Hatt, Lily Coons, Lydia Gauvin, Naima Ali, Taylor Small, Wyatt Ladd.

MILO — Ninety-five years ago in 1930, a group of women with a common interest in gardening wanted to share their knowledge and talents with others in their small neighboring communities in Piscataquis County.