GREENVILLE — Moosehead Trails has announced that they have been successful in receiving a $7,500 grant from the Maine Community Foundation Piscataquis fund, to pilot a trail ambassador program in conjunction with Destination Moosehead Lake.

Governor’s Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan proposes $20 million for CTEs to train students and strengthen Maine’s workforce FARMINGTON — During a tour of Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington on May 14, Gov.

Grade 12, high honors: Jessica Cobb and Katie Worster; honors: Madison Kane.

SHIRLEY – The Collegiate League of the Palm Beaches in Florida has announced a partnership with Maine-based Dove Tail Bats starting with the 2021 baseball season.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation welcomes new Senior Accountant Lisandro Jimenez.

Since 1972, National School Nurses Day has been set aside to celebrate this unique and specialized division of nursing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — About 6,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered at Northern Light Health’s clinic at the Piscataquis County Ice Arena from mid-March to early May.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Bangor Savings Bank and Camden National Bank have both been named to Forbes annual list of the top 10 banks in America.

Penquis recently received $10,000 from the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to purchase supplies necessary for providing care and education to young children and support services to Maine families.

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, continues to provide online mental health support through ongoing support groups and occasional education programs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft and Slightly Off-Center Players Community Theater Group announced that they are holding auditions for two summer productions on May 22-23.

By Sarah Walker Caron, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News has a new outdoors editor, and it’s a familiar face.

By Caitlin Andrews and Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff There is an explosion in the dog tick population this spring, experts say.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center announced on Friday morning that its coronavirus vaccine clinic at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor has administered more than 100,000 vaccine doses.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Staff A Colorado woman was apparently killed and eaten by two black bears recently, and while Maine’s bear biologist outlined some safety measures that people should consider, she also said that human-bear interactions are extremely rare in the Pine Tree State.

YARMOUTH — Maine Preservation, partnering for a second year with The 1772 Foundation, awarded historic preservation one-for-one matching grants totaling $100,000 to 18 private nonprofit organizations maintaining historic buildings in Maine.

By Jessica Piper and Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Some Maine jails have administered the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 70 percent of incarcerated populations while at least one has yet to vaccinate inmates at all as correctional facilities continue to see some of the state’s largest outbreaks.