By The Associated Press An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped.

The Maine School Boards Association awarded Distinguished Service Awards this year to Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin, Maine CDC Director Dr.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Central Maine Power Co.

ORONO — Glenda Pereira has been named assistant Extension professor and statewide dairy specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Free workshops for prevention and management of diabetes available During National Diabetes Month, Healthy Living for ME is encouraging Mainers to take advantage of the programs and resources they offer to help people prevent and manage the disease.

MILO — Efforts to continue adding to the Penquis Valley Community Playground have received a boost with the awarding of a $6,906 grant from the Gloria C.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff As heating prices continue to rise and winter approaches, Gov.

DEXTER — Administrators across SAD 46 are feeling hopeful that COVID-19 case and quarantine numbers in district schools are coming down and the worst may be over.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are monitoring and planning potential repairs for a piece of a bridge along East Main Street that appears to be crumbling.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily New Staff To the casual observer, it looks like there are more albino or piebald critters wandering around the Maine woods or flying overhead these days.

HARMONY — Game wardens are offering a $3,000 reward to catch a poacher.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County is asking architectural firms for proposals to add about 100 beds to its existing jail on Hammond Street in Bangor, marking the county’s latest attempt to ease overcrowding at the 161-year-old facility that regularly exceeds its licensed capacity of 157 inmates.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents of the four RSU 68 communities will vote via referendum on Tuesday, Dec.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Voters approved a referendum Tuesday adding the “right to food” to the Maine Constitution, setting up possible legal battles down the road about what the newly enshrined right means.

By Jessica Piper and Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters backed a question Tuesday authorizing another $100 million in transportation bonds, the seventh straight year the state has approved such a referendum aimed at addressing funding shortfalls for crucial infrastructure.

By Caitlin Andrews and Michael Shepherd FARMINGTON, Maine — Central Maine Power Co.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A decade-plus disagreement over winter maintenance of the Blanchard Road in Shirley between the town and a resident will likely now be headed to court for a solution.