By Braeden Waddell, Bangor Daily News Staff After the Saturday drowning death of 46-year-old Hope man, state officials are warning swimmers to take caution in the water due to the recent rain.

Grade 12, high honors: Cullen Snell; honors: Alexa Bjork, Jasmine Page, Devin Lauritsen, Dominck Murray, Jace Spring.

LBM Journal, the leading media company serving the lumber/building material industry, has announced that John Muzzy, Retail Division human resources manager of Hancock Lumber, has been named to the inaugural class of the LBM 40 Under 40.

Grade 12, high honors: Justice Batchelder, Ava Benson, Gunnar Berling-Haugh, Cody Chambers, Cameron Chase, Adam Conner, Le Nguyet Anh Jennie Duong, Mackenzie Goodine, Cadence Herrick, Leah Hill, Olivia Hill, Cierra Jackson, Abrielle Kemp, Abigail Knapp, Lauren Martin, Emily McLeish, Kylie Merritt, Rachel Mullis, Ivan Mutafchiev, Kirsten Nakajubi, Khoi Duc Minh David Nguyen, Nghi Phu Phuong Nguyen, Paula Perez Rodrigo, Bach Chi Pham, Carter Pratt, Aliza Pulkkinen, Anna Raynes, Laney Reardon, Carlos Rodriguez Sainz, Shallynn Stevens, Kilian Thaler, Brooke Weston, Destiny Weymouth; honors: Courtney Barnett, Olivia Berce, Hayleah Bjornson-Burgess, Garret Chase, Caden Crocker, Fernando D’Avila Oliveira, Logan Hinson, Jada Lewis, Eduardo Lopez Del Hierro Cabrera, Eion McCloskey, Mateo Mendez Pinillos Ella Molaghan, Bosco Monforte Espallardo, Joseph Nelson, Linh Phuong Jade Nguyen, Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, Candra O’Bar, Zlata Paslon, Lucas Pastor Del Castillo, Jaime Peabody, Brayden Charles Reier, Sage Roberts, Douglas Rowe, Gage Roy, Raven Sawyer, Kiernan M.

ATKINSON — The Atkinson Lady Quilters present the 34th annual Quilt Show from 9 a.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — On Monday, July 3 Moosehead Caring for Kids Foundation held a fundraising golf tournament and silent auction at the picturesque Mountain Village Golf Course and Clubhouse along the shores of Moosehead Lake.

Grade 12, high honors: Mickayla Pierce, Rachel Broussard, Sereniti Grant; honors: Abigail Conlogue, Aidain Brown, Aileen Strout, Brianna Rouleau, Evan Horne, Frederick Shaw, Ida-Grace Lundin, Imaan Ali, Jessica Broussard, Jessica Morton, Kalan Decker, Macie Veino, Preston Gerrish, Victoria Boislard, William Sanborn IV.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature solved a thorny divide over solar policy on Thursday, when both chambers agreed to support industry-backed tweaks that aim to pare back the state’s generous incentives for smaller projects.

GREENVILLE — A grant application for $125,000 to cover a portion of the HVAC system at the new Greenville Public Safety Building, which is currently under construction, was formally signed by the select board during a July 5 meeting, two days ahead of the deadline.

Every new baby in Piscataquis County will receive four packages during their first year of life — one for each three-month milestone — as part of a pilot project designed to support the health of parents and infants.

GREENVILLE — Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be partnering with Friends of Wilson Pond and Lake Stewards of Maine to host an invasive plant paddle on Sawyer Pond in Greenville on Tuesday, Aug.

MILO — At the start of the year the town of Milo was awarded nearly $6.

GREENVILLE — Through a partnership between the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the nonprofit Moosehead Outdoor Alliance, mountain bikers have been able to traverse about a dozen miles of free-to-ride trails in the first of three planned zones in Greenville.

BANGOR — Dover-Foxcroft resident Ashley Buttice was recently named to Husson University Online’s president’s list.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Commission approved a $2 an hour raise for the county’s 911 dispatchers to retain and attract new employees for the county’s long understaffed dispatch center.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Campers in many state parks around Maine are going home early or not showing up for their reservations as the rain that left last month as one of the rainiest Junes in a quarter century stretched into the four-day July 4 holiday weekend.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine lawmakers have made some big deals while winding down their work for 2023, but a standoff over the state’s generous solar incentives remains unsolved.

GUILFORD — Seventeen members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association met June 27 at the Craft Cafe in Guilford.