When the winter winds come blowing in and temperatures hover in the single digits, cooking and consuming great food warms the tummy and the soul. These venison recipes are sure to please.

The Center Theatre and Slightly Off-Center Players have announced auditions for the spring production of “Seussical Jr.” Auditions will be held on Sunday, Feb. 10 from 1-4 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 11 from 5-7 p.m. Auditions will be held at the Commons Event Center at Central Hall, 152 East Main Street.

With few places in the world still relatively untouched by development, Maine’s 10.5 million acres of North Woods are a disappearing resource. These woods rejuvenate us: They provide opportunities for hunting, fishing and recreation, and serve as vital habitat for plants and animals.

The Dexter Music Boosters will sponsor a big band concert featuring Opus One at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Dexter Regional High School. Proceeds will benefit the high school band’s trip to Williamsburg, Virginia for the Fiesta-val Music Festival.

Hope springs eternal or so the poets say But nothing seems poetic in Washington today Battle on the wind, stalemate all a'grind The blame, The game as who can best opine

The 12th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby with Ricky Craven is in the books. The event is organized by the Natural Resource Education Center at Moosehead (NREC) to raise funds for programming. Anglers from all over made the trek north to Maine’s largest lake for the action. As would be expected, Mainers make up the vast majority of participants, but organizers also sold tickets to folks from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Quebec, and Florida

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Saturday, Feb. 2 songwriter/musician Ted Demille will be in Dexter at Story Teller Guitars from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to talk about his songwriting and performing his songs. Demille is well known in New England bluegrass circles for his well-crafted songs and his pleasant singing style.

Dexter Regional High School junior Justin Wing became the third Tiger wrestler to earn his 100th win this season as Wing accomplished the feat during a Jan. 26 competition at Skowhegan Area High School. Wing's win followed the previous 2018-19 100-win milestones of seniors Caleb Weeks and Isaiah Hesseltine.

The public is cordially invited to the Foxcroft Academy Winter Student Recital, to be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3 at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church (this recital was to have taken place on Jan. 20 but due to the snowstorm it was rescheduled).