With the game on the line, Dexter boys basketball coach wants the ball in the hands of Nathan Richards. The senior guard made sure on Feb. 19 that the Tigers didn’t make an early exit from the Class C North tournament. Richards scored eight fourth-quarter points, including some key free throws, to lift No. 2 Dexter to a 39-36 victory over No. 7 Central of Corinth at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.

Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025, is looking to increase the number of schools that will participate in the program during the next school year. Dirigo Reads co-founders Dan and Karen Cashman of Brewer say that new schools are being solicited and considered for the 2020-21 school year now.

The League of Women Voters of Maine presents “Make Your Vote Count! A Guide to the March Elections” from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23 in the Sebec Conference Room at Mayo Regional Hospital.

The Bangor Humane Society is delighted to announce receipt of a generous bequest of over $1.3 million from Violet and James Moffett of Dover-Foxcroft, the proceeds of which will be placed in the newly established Violet F. Moffett Memorial Fund. “This is the largest single gift BHS has ever received,” said Executive Director Suzan Prendergast, “and we will forever be grateful for their remarkable generosity.”

Two Foxcroft Academy relay teams competed in the 2020 Class B Swimming and Diving Championship on Monday, Feb. 17 at Bowdoin College.

A game warden and members of Millinocket Fire Department responded and located the subjects on the west side of the lake. The Sutchs were taken by rescue sled to an awaiting ambulance and transported to Millinocket Regional Hospital where they were treated for mild hypothermia. Both are recovering and have been released from the hospital.

Grant got the ball, came off a high screen and took a few quick dribbles before lofting a high shot from the top of the key. The ball bounced twice on the rim, then fell through the net as the horn sounded to lift the second-seeded Tigers to a 38-35 Class C North girls quarterfinal victory over No. 7 Narraguagus of Harrington.

The Sangerville Historical Society will hold its next regular monthly in the Community Room at the Sangerville Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

On Nov. 22, something wonderful happened in Guilford. The former Guilford Primary School building, which had been on the market since the summer prior, was sold to its long-standing tenant Friends of Community Fitness (FoCF).

Dexter crowned two individual champions. Justin Wing edged Hainer 2-1 at 145 pounds while Gage Stone decisioned Anthony Mazza of Mountain Valley in Rumford 5-0 in the 160-pound final.