By Matt Berg, Bangor Daily News Staff Seven months after taking up hiking, a legally blind Portland woman accomplished a feat that challenges even the most experienced: hiking Mount Katahdin.

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff A 59-year-old Missouri man was airlifted from Chimney Pond Ranger Station Sunday morning, June 20 after spending more than 60 hours on Katahdin, News Center Maine reports.

By Alexander MacDougall, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff LITTLETON — The Littleton Pit Stop, a small gas station and diner located along Route 1, is the sole convenience store and restaurant in this small Aroostook County town.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has received a $300,000 federal grant that will allow three district attorneys to review how they’ve handled domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking cases, and bring a consistent approach to prosecuting the cases, whose victims are primarily women and children.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers definitely have one up on residents of states like Colorado, Wyoming or Kansas.

By David Marino Jr.

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Composite photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE YEAR — Four pupils have been named Students of the Year at Dexter Regional High School.

A group of University of Maine researchers led by faculty in the School of Biology and Ecology released a research report about browntail moth in 2020 while investigating the spread of the pest from coastal communities to nearly all of Maine’s 16 counties.

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families announces that registration is now open for NAMI Basics, an online course for parents of children and teens.

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GUILFORD — Students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School captured their thoughts and feelings from the coronavirus pandemic in firsthand accounts, poetry, stories, art and more.

DEXTER — For the first time in its 125-year history, a cat spay and neuter clinic was hosted by the Abbott Memorial Library.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The man who was shot in the back after allegedly robbing a Dover-Foxcroft convenience store last week made his first court appearance Thursday.

DEXTER — Molly Bennett has been presented the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Book Award for Dexter Regional High School.

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MONSON — Friday, June 25 from 5-7 p.

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