ORONO — Northern Light CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals are pleased to announce that Christina “Kirsty” Pratley, director of infection prevention, was recently presented with the Maine Patient Safety Academy’s 2024 Rising Tide Award at the Academy’s annual conference held at the University of Maine.

District budget meeting set for May 28 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 Board of Directors approved a proposed $14,238,768 budget for the 2024-25 academic year during a meeting Tuesday, May 7 at the SeDoMoCha School.

GREENVILLE — In April 2002, the Maine Legislature enacted and Gov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the county jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has been underway for over two months.

By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff Two Maine nonprofits will continue to fight the state’s decision to award a potentially $1 billion contract to an out-of-state company to arrange transportation for Medicaid patients with no other way to get to appointments.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lawmakers approved a plan in April to ensure Maine begins providing defendants with clear start dates for criminal trials, but the proposal will not take effect unless it receives the necessary funding.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMocha School held its April Student in the Spotlight assembly on Monday, April 29.

Grade 12, highest honors: Lily Brown, Shelby Dyson, Brianna Packard, Graci Scott, Gabrielle Shorey-Coy, William Spratt, Mckenzie Trafton; high honors: Elizabeth Bernard Whittaker, Hannah Dean, Macey Deering, Mickayla Fogg, Miles Grant, Cally Gudroe, Holdyn Guenthner, Lillian Harris; honors: Lily Bagley, Evelyn Clukey, Emily Cox, Micheal Cox, Blaine Gould, Kial Hunter, Mazie Peach, Kellen Peavey, Jacob Ponte, Garrett Tibbetts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The price of protein-rich food has increased in recent months, putting this essential component of a healthy diet out of reach for a growing number of families in our communities.

Grade 12, high honors: Cassandra Boislard, Destiny Sibert, Hannah Legere, Layla Chai; honors: Addison Conklin, Ashley Willis, Christopher (Kip) Crockett, Damion Drake, Dylan McKenzie, Jacob Higgins, Jasmine MacGregor-Gray, Jayden Sprague, Logan Pomeroy, Terrance MacGregor, Tyler Grant.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Visits to some of Maine’s popular state parks and historic sites may not be what you remember, thanks to damage from the major storms in December and January that devastated the state’s landscape.

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Grade 12, highest honors: Scott Chadbourne, Benjamin Higgins; high honors: Lily Carr, Emily Easler, Sophia Kopf; honors: Zachariah Demmer, Kandice Nadeau, Tim Van Der Heijden.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A restaurant owner who was forced to close one of his Dover-Foxcroft businesses after a fire in January has opened a new eatery in town.

Grade 12, high honors: Ashton Ade, Ruth-Ann Arnold, Chryshal Atwater, Bao Ngoc Gia Bach, Huyen Khai Khloe Bui, Noah Cavanagh, Eliza Chambers, Dylan Coy, Cassandra Crockett, Jackson Day, Olivia Gage, Hilary Howard, Niksa Jasovic, Ella Rose Kazmierczak, Aleksander Krause, Richard Liu, Jasmine Lockwood, Kailey McLaughlin, Jose Mieres Legido, Aubry Paradis, Zachary Peirce, Anh Phuong Pham, Wyatt Rayfield, Gabriel Saunders, Jackson Smith, Aleksa Sviloskos; honors: Simon Beeaker, Jackson Caruso, Marceli Cerek, Kristalyn Defries, Hieu Do, Devin Henderson, Annabelle Holman, Jacob Johnson, Conner Johnston, Ming Fou Lao, Loc Nguyen Max Mai, Kemsley Marsters, Laney McGary, Huong Lan Kathy Nguyen, Danea Obratov, Halle Page, Amara Perfect, Jadon Richard, Olivia Richardson, Dominick Scuderi, Owen Sherman, Izetta Story, Ngoc Thi Bich Tang, Noah Viitala, Logan Joshua Walton, Paige Weidman, Peyton Wellman, Ateon Whitney.

GREENVILLE — For months the Greenville Planning Board has been working on several ordinances to be decided by voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, June 3, including one for fences and another to update the land use ordinance to be in compliance with state regulations on housing density.

DEXTER — A proposed 2024-25 SAD 46 budget totaling $16,532,495 was approved by the school board during a May 1 meeting at the Ridge View Community School.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The top federal prosecutor in Maine has vowed to keep up the crackdown on illegal marijuana operations in the state.