Northern Light Mayo Hospital and Northern Light Medical Transport recently celebrated paramedic William “Bill” Zimmerman for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Maine EMS, a bureau of the Maine Department of Public Safety.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A request for proposals for Piscataquis County’s $6.

MILO — With bids coming in over the $7.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board gave its approval to a property and building safety maintenance ordinance during a meeting on May 7.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Proponents of the push to require a photo ID to vote have filed a challenge against the state over the referendum language that will appear on Mainers’ ballots this fall.

DEXTER — A decision on a proposed commercial solar farm ordinance will not be made for at least another month as the Dexter Town Council tabled the item during a May 8 meeting.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The committee working on the project to improve the Piscataquis County emergency radio system is getting ready to finalize the request for proposals, County Manager Mike Williams told the county commissioners during a meeting on Tuesday morning.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The counties and municipalities that receive a direct share of the settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers have spent less than half of the money paid out so far, a Maine Monitor survey found.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine officials are asking federal authorities for leniency on the upcoming Real ID requirements after finding that fewer than half of travelers at the state’s largest airport had the updated identification.

SANGERVILLE —  “Sangerville is on the move.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Businesses that offer rentals of floating houses moored off their docks or in front of their companies were the only ones who opposed a bill that would ban floating camps on Maine’s waters during a legislative hearing on April 30.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft Interim Town Manager Alsina Brenenstuhl now has the temporary title removed.

MILO — Moving forward, the town of Milo will have one license for a recreational cannabis business and another for a medical cannabis establishment per the cannabis licensing establishment ordinance.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voters will decide the future of the Mayo Mill Dam and its associated costs when they go to the polls on Tuesday, June 10 to cast ballots on the Dover-Foxcroft referendum ballot.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new bill before the Legislature would ban floating camps and other nonwater-dependent structures from Maine’s inland or coastal waters.

BEAVER COVE — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced that the town Beaver Cove has launched Rapid Renewal.

GREENVILLE — A month and a half before a Greenville town meeting vote concerning several proposed zoning changes to allow some properties to be used for different purposes than are currently permitted, Hammond Lumber was given the go-ahead to start pre-construction preparations.