Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SUMMERFEST BOAT RACE — The Anything Floats race returned as part of Monson Summerfest on Saturday, July 17, with competitors racing their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock.

Grade 12, highest honors: Abby Andrews, Michael Gadwah, Kaitlyn Gray, Olivia Peakes, Grace Wallace and Jayde Wintle; high honors: Robert Dorman, Peyton Grant, Brett Kusnierz, Parker Ponte and Abigail Wakefield; honors: Makala Bignell, Demitri Burton, Hannah Campbell, Hunter Dean, Ryan Gould and Avery Herrick.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Former Gov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft was recently notified that it has been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Grant program.

VASSALBORO — On Friday, July 16, 67 police cadets, representing 35 agencies from Fort Kent to South Berwick, graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program (BLETP) at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.

AUGUSTA – LD 626, “An Act To Clarify Temporary Mooring Privileges for Moorings on Inland Waters,” has been carried over to the second regular session of the 130th Legislature.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

PORTLAND — AARP Maine is seeking nominations for its 2021 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors those individuals who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich the lives of their community members.

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Classic basil pesto is perfect on its own.

CHARLESTON — On July 15 , a Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Maine Forest Service Ranger helicopter crew assisted the Corinth and Charleston Fire Departments with a short-haul rescue.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it raised $110,000 during the month of June as part of the Campaign’s $100,000 Challenge.

DEXTER — Earlier in the month 80 teenagers and adults from around the country spent close to a week in Dexter working on 13 home projects at no cost for area residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs made.

We are living in extraordinary times as we are just now emerging from a deadly pandemic that has killed over 600,000 of our fellow Americans.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension was one of several organizations that surveyed farmers and agriculture service providers in 2020 to determine the stressors being experienced during the pandemic and what practices might best help Maine farms recover.

The Maine Association of REALTORS Foundation (MAR Foundation) has awarded $10,000 to Penquis from the REALTORS Affordable Housing Fund.

Grade 5, high honors — habits of work: Raelynn Anderson, Morgan Andrews, Adam Brown, Ava Brown, Jackson Clark, Keegan Cromwell, Riley Curtis, Hannah Derosier, Kennedy Hoyt, Aubrey Ladd, Camden McInnis, Hazel McNaughton, Audriana Morin, Keirra Quattrocchi, Allaynah Rolfe and Will Simpson.

By Beth Ranagan It was early evening at a Sebec Lake setting on July 26 that the transfer of leadership for the Central Hall Commons took place.

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff Ryan T.