SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank is pleased to announce the seven high school senior recipients of the 2025 Skowhegan Savings College Scholarship awards: Aya Abdulmohsin, Cony High School; Jorja Brown, Skowhegan Area High School; Chase Farnsworth, Dexter Regional High School; Elijah Hoeft, Mt.

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Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — Front, from left, Baylee Packard, Bayleigh Wiggins, Laney Scott and Peyton Dodge.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The home addresses of Maine lawmakers are no longer listed on the Legislature’s website after a gunman killed a Minnesota legislator and her husband and wounded another and his wife over the weekend.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education is pleased to recognize its nine student interns, working across a variety of Maine DOE offices and teams in the spring and summer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — This paving season the John Doore Road and Dyer Road in Atkinson Township will both have some work done.

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The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved higher electric rates for Central Maine Power customers.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff SEBEC — An earthquake hit near Sebec on June 12.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce announced that over 10,000 people attended the 2025 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds on June 14.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law on June 10.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — Andrew Marston, a senior computer science major at Grove City College from Dover-Foxcroft, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the spring 2025 semester.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces that five of the 16 recently named 2025 Maine County Teachers of the Year are Farmington graduates, having received their bachelor’s and/or master’s degree from UMF.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE YEAR — At Senior Assembly at Dexter Regional High School, Students of the Year were awarded.

GREENVILLE — Registration is now open for Bike and Boat, Northern Light CA Dean Hospital’s family-friendly cycle and cruise adventure that supports healthcare in the Moosehead Lake Region.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness proudly recognizes Brian Pampuro, his wife Jayne Pampuro, his sister Debbie Camarra and brother-in-law Fred Camarra for their unwavering commitment, generosity and community spirit — most notably through their ongoing support of monthly Bingo Nights.

GUILFORD — A day after SAD 4 voters turned down a proposed 2025-26 budget of $9,752,463 — via a count of 282-187 across six communities — district officials have a revised budget to bring to residents.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The cause of death of one of the hikers who died on Katahdin was released by officials on June 12.