ORONO, Maine — Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine junior dedicated to strengthening communities through environmental policy, has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar.

An Old Town police officer who shot and killed a New Hampshire man after a traffic stop more than two years ago acted in self-defense, according to the Maine Attorney General’s office.

When Madeleine “Madi” Landrum hiked the Appalachian and Pacific Crest trails in 2018, she saw thousands of acres of trees devastated by drought-induced wildfires and invasive pests. 

The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2021 Juried Student Art Exhibition, “Here and There,” which features work by current students in studio art courses.

Kennedy Gerow, 22, of Carmel was in her final semester of nursing school at the University of Maine in March 2020. Though she had completed the bulk of her clinicals -- supervised hands-on medical training for students -- Gerow considered herself more of a nursing student than an actual nurse. 

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Passamaquoddy elder Sarah Stanley has worried about getting her grandchildren sick if she ends up being exposed to the virus. She now feels “100 percent safer” but still worries about venturing beyond home.