PARKMAN — Saturday, Aug.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff It will be raining rabies vaccines over the Maine woods this week.

The Maine Community Foundation awarded $284,500 to adult learners pursuing certificates or degree programs for the upcoming fall semester.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — About four weeks before students return to the SeDoMoCha School on Wednesday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Regional Food Center, home of the Dover Foxcroft Area Food Center, is delighted to announce the promotion of Becki Quimby to the position of director of operations.

GREENVILLE – Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is pleased to welcome Ashley Hamilton-Ellis, FNP, to its provider team.

DEXTER— Ruth Gahagan, Velma Castonguay, and Judy Bougie from the Holy Rosary Blanket Ministry in Caribou recently traveled to Dexter to visit a newly organized blanket ministry in the Parish of Our Lady of Snows.

By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s secretary of state has randomly selected the order of the referendum on the ballot for the Nov.

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By The Associated Press AUGUSTA  — A second arrest has been made in the investigation into a Maine corrections official accused of steering purchases to certain vendors in exchange for kickbacks in a long-running scheme, officials said.

A beautiful and detailed map of Maine’s largest lake is now available at local stores.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The 71-year-old driver of a tractor trailer hauling wood chips was hospitalized after crashing in Charleston on Friday morning, July 28.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals are pleased to welcome family practitioner Kristin Hartt, MD to their healthcare teams and to their communities.

BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the Economic Recovery Implementation HUB program, in collaboration with DECD.

WORCESTER, Massachusetts — Cymeria Robshaw of Milo, a member of the Class of 2023, was named to the College of the Holy Cross spring 2023 dean’s list.

By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff More details surrounding the July 25 arrest of a Maine prison official accused of taking illegal kickbacks from vendors remain unavailable as the affidavit in the case has been sealed from the public.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Maine prison official was arrested July 25 on felony charges after prosecutors said he took illegal kickbacks from vendors as part of a “long-running scheme.

MACHIAS — The University of Maine at Machias recognized 138 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the spring 2023 semester, including Debra Gauvin of Milo and Alivia Hunt of Willimantic.