By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has taken the next step toward finalizing a revamped system for the hunting of antlerless deer.

Observer file photo/Jeannette Hughes MILO’S ANNUAL CEREMONY — A rifle salute on the West Main Street bridge is part of a past Memorial Day observance in Milo.

DEXTER – Dexter Regional High School Principal Stephen Bell is honored to announce the valedictorian for the Class of 2022, Miles Gadwah, and salutatorian, Elizabeth Kinney.

GUILFORD — A proposed 2022-23 SAD 4 budget totaling $7,772,120 was approved May 25 during the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

GARLAND — The public is invited to start their Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, in Garland at the veterans memorial at 7:30 a.

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine announces the launch of a new online mental health resource database, now available on the organization’s website.

GARLAND — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Beef Producers Association will host a barbecue from 10:45 a.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have fallen 23 percent from last week’s high.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board agreed Monday to place a temporary pause on a new medical marijuana caregiver ordinance after realizing its unintended consequences could hurt local families.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – This was an exciting week at the SeDoMoCha School thanks to the organizations ReTreeUs and Maine Community Foundation.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Multiple businesses in Dover-Foxcroft have closed or announced changes in ownership in the past month.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Open to all ages, the Recovery Wellness Cafe seeks submissions for a logo design to symbolize its vision for substance use recovery in the Maine Highlands region.

PORTLAND — Dunkin’ is giving guests throughout Maine and eastern New Hampshire a whole new reason to fuel their “go” this spring.

Absentee ballots are now available ahead of a June 14 election in which Mainers can vote in primary elections for a range of state and local offices as well as local ballot questions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities will be constructing a handicap ramp at the Gazebo in Kiwanis Park located behind the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft, in honor of our beloved long-time member Harold “Doc” Sherman.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Northern Light Mayo Hospital honored a nurse and a certified nursing assistant for excellence in care on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By the end of 2022, Maine may be the only state that does not allow some form of Sunday hunting.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff A handful of suspected sexual assaults by Maine high school students in recent months have spotlighted students’ and parents’ dissatisfaction with how schools handle such reports, with many saying schools aren’t doing enough to keep student victims safe.