DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School student Sunny Bache, a senior and captain in the criminal justice program at Tri-County Technical Center, was recently awarded the Maine State Troopers’ Women in Law Enforcement Scholarship by Cpl.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A New York man and his daughter are missing somewhere on Katahdin.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer MILO — In the age of smartphones it is easy to take a picture with a click of a button and not need to carry a camera around.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill that will prohibit floating camps from Maine’s lakes and ponds got the nod May 28 by the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

The 2025 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Maine will officially begin on Tuesday, June 3, uniting law enforcement officers from across the state as they carry the Flame of Hope through dozens of communities on its journey to the Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games, beginning on Friday, June 6 at the University of Maine in Orono.

BOWERBANK — Eleven members of GFWC Miosac Club gathered at Bear Point Marina May 20 to observe our 89th birthday.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife was in the public crosshairs when criticism from former employees got traction on social media.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A 74-year-old man was rescued around 11 a.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff Property owners in the state’s unorganized territory were shocked when they recently got word from the state revenue services that their home and land values had increased, in some cases more than doubling.

WATERVILLE — Thomas College hosted Class of 2025 graduates and their guests on May 17 in the Alfond Athletic Center.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff An attempt to allow more charter schools in Maine briefly turned into an effort to block a new one from opening before both Democratic and Republicans agreed to hold off on changes.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is proud to announce it has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation.

ORONO — Female students from Penquis Valley High School participated in the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute’s Year-End Celebration on May 19 at the University of Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Health announces the relocation of outpatient podiatry (foot and ankle) services from the Northern Light Health Center in Sangerville to Northern Light Orthopedics in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and RSU 68 are partnering to present a showcase of student work from the SeDoMoCha 21st Century After School Program.

GUILFORD — Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union will be hosting a paintball tournament on Saturday, May 31 at Flying Dutchman Paintball in Guilford.

Photos courtesy of Walter BoomsmaABBOT CEREMONY — Conner-Trafton Post 119 of The American Legion of Guilford conducted three Memorial Day ceremonies in Sangerville and Guilford and then in Abbot at the veterans memorial, pictured.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Monitor will welcome a new Report for America corps member focused on a topic we need more reporting on: rural government.