PORTLAND — Effective Father’s Day Weekend (June 19-20), the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has lifted the general dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation throughout the state of Maine.

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MILO — The 27 megawatt, $30 million Milo Solar project in the Eastern Piscataquis Business Park is now up and running with electricity from the site to be sold to Versant Power under a 20-year purchase agreement to run about 3,400 Maine homes annually.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolDEXTER NHS — Members of the Dexter Regional High School National Honor Society are front, from left, Jylian Lupo, Ora Rudloff-Eastman, Peyton Grant, Makayla Bignell, Santinaca Lawson, Abby Andrews, Sydney Fogler, Annika King and Avery Herrick.

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BREWER — Joining forces with Portland-based Partners for World Health, Northern Light Health is donating much-needed medical supplies and equipment to help overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare systems in India respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

MILO — Have you ever wanted to hold an ancient Incan tool made from a meteorite, or see a Columbian Mammoth tooth? Most museums are sober, quiet places that discourage interaction with the exhibits, but the Harrigan Learning Center and Museum, located in Milo, is a breath of  fresh air.

MILO — Residents in the SAD 41 communities of Brownville, LaGrange and Milo will be voting on the proposed 2021-22 SAD 41 budget at the annual district budget meeting later this month, and then via referendum.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Memorial Day weekend travel rebounded significantly in Maine in 2021, but it remained short of pre-pandemic levels with rural gains offset by dips in coastal tourism centers amid international travel restrictions and lingering virus concerns.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council recently submitted a grant application to the ConnectMaine Authority seeking a $30,000 grant for a study to identify specific broadband issues in the region.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Disabled Veterans’ Controlled Moose Hunt lottery.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Maine has one of the highest rates of coronavirus vaccination in the country, but some of the rural counties in the state lag behind the more populated areas.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Research is showing there is a connection between the tick populations, the mice populations and the spread of Lyme disease in Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met May 24 at the Bear’s Den.

MILO — A space behind the Penquis Valley School that previously had little to offer younger middle school students during recess now has a brand new playground.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After high demand, Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to present another Wild Edible Foraging Workshop on Saturday, June 26 with Maine naturalist and author Tom Seymour.

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By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A LaGrange man whose passenger was killed July 7 when the SUV he was driving went off the road and rolled onto its roof was indicted May 26 by the Penobscot County grand jury on charges of manslaughter and aggravated operating under the influence of intoxicants.