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.

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor Maine’s largest land use authority wrapped up a series of summer meetings July 19 as it considers how to regulate short-term rentals across its more than 10.

BANGOR — Penquis President and CEO Kara Hay was recently awarded the National Lyndon Baines Johnson Leadership Award by the National Community Action Partnership.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month Head of Maintenance Josh York told the Piscataquis County commissioners that as of October the jail camera system will not be able to take any more updates as the Windows operating program is out of date.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Two weeks after an unexpected shutdown of the McKay hydroelectric station that left portions of the West Branch of the Penobscot River below Ripogenus Dam at extremely low levels for an extended period, two hydro units remain out of service.

BANGOR — The following local students have been named to the spring 2023 president’s list at Husson University, for attaining a GPA of 3.

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the spring 2023 full-time and part-time president’s lists and the spring 2023 full-time and part-time dean’s lists.