By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Someone earning minimum wage needs to work 61 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Maine.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A train engineer is suing Canadian Pacific Railway, saying the company should have known there was a high risk that tracks would be washed out before a train derailment in rural Maine nearly three years ago.

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RANDOLPH CENTER, Vermont — Vermont State University is proud to congratulate Maia Shahin of Guilford for being named to the dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the continued success of its Economic Recovery Implementation Hub program, having awarded  $1.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Hammond Lumber Co.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — Come check out the activities taking place for the 19th annual Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival.

Grade eight, high honors: Ella Annis, Alexis Arcaro, Lauren Caruso, Tiffany Chan, Ayla Furmna, Alex Hanson, Michael Kinney, Cooper Knepp, Ryan McGary, Hunter McKusick-Slama, Madelyn Poire, Adalynn Rayfield, Alexis Richardson, Cary Sullivan, Owen White; honors: Gabriel Chambers.

The Maine Community Foundation has launched two new grant programs: Land for Communities and the Maine Women’s Fund.

Grade eight, habits of work honor roll high honors: Cindy Adams, Memphis Cole, Elainah Hotham, Alessandra Long, Callista Rodgers, Fiona Rodgers, Liam Saunders, Hailey Young; academic honor roll high honors: Alessandra Long, Callista Rodgers, Liam Saunders, Landen Sillanpaa.

PRESQUE ISLE — Northern Maine Community College has announced its dean’s list for the spring semester, recognizing 239 students for their outstanding academic achievements.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School 10TH REUNION — Twenty-four members of the Dexter Regional High School Class of 2015, their families and some of their teachers enjoyed a class reunion on Sunday, July 13 at the school.

Grade 12 honors: Haley Ferland, Lakely St.

By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale.

Grade 12, highest honors: Timothy MacNeil; high honors: Jordan Brown, Abbigail Burgess, Gavyn Gilbert, Khloe Kimball, Gabriella Koscielny, Sevren Lenihan, Jonathan MacNeil, Rylee White-Chabot; honors: Baylynn Grant, Alaska Maloon, Aurora Page, Ashur Rowell.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The Atlantic Salmon Federation recently named Nathan Wilbur as its next president.

GUILFORD – A month after SAD 4 residents turned down a proposed 2025-26 budget of $9,752,463 — via a count of 282-187 on the ballot across its half dozen communities — a revised spending plan totaling $9,531,320 was approved at a district budget meeting on Tuesday evening at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.