By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A nearly $500,000 grant will connect Mainers who are leaving incarceration or who are in recovery from substance use with resources to help them find jobs.

Grade eight, habits of work high honors: Ava Brown, Allaynah Rolfe, Madison Thomas, Callie Cox, Keegan Cromwell, Lily Wintle, Raelynn Anderson, Ezekiel Bullock, Aubrey Ladd, William Simpson; academic high honors: Ava Brown, Allaynah Rolfe, Keegan Cromwell, Ryan Farnsworth, Lily Wintle, Ezekiel Bullock, Aubrey Ladd.

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 building is currently proceeding.

MONSON — Monson’s Summerfest takes place Saturday, July 20, an annual celebration of all things summer.

MILO — Anheuser-Busch and Valley Beverage of Oakland joined forces with the National Volunteer Fire Council to deliver more than 2,300 cans of emergency drinking water to the Milo Fire Department as part of the brewer’s larger effort to provide 1.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Gene Bahr of Sebago quit taxidermy cold turkey after 47 years of preserving people’s memories through thousands of life-like mounts of animals, birds and fish.

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri — Missouri State University awarded 2,890 degrees to students at the spring commencement ceremonies May 10 at Great Southern Bank Arena.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff For some restaurants in Maine, the view is as much of a feast as the menu.

CAMDEN – Camden National Bank announced that nominations are open for the 2024 Leaders & Luminaries Awards.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff July 9’s fatal moose crash was the first in Maine in four years.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $191,000 in grants to 23 non-profit organizations across Northern New England.

MILO — The Milo Select Board set the 2024-25 mill rate at $27.

MILO — The SAD 41 alternative education program will have a new name, new location, and new method of instruction when classes begin at the end of the summer.

DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council approved a $6,996,747 municipal budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year during a July 11 meeting.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces its dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is in for a wet Wednesday evening.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Fishermen need to keep the legal togue they catch from Moosehead if the lake is going to stay a healthy fishery, according to a state biologist.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers in the northern half of the state are used to seeing an eclectic array of people winding their way along the Appalachian Trail — usually, in the final few hundred miles of the more than 2,000 mile journey by foot that begins in Georgia and ends on Katahdin, a spectacular finale for one of the most epic hikes in the world.