The Center Theatre is debuting a new work by award-winning playwright Bobby Keniston titled “A Wicked Christmas Carol." The show is a mash-up that faithfully blends the worlds of Charles Dickens' “Christmas Carol” and L. Frank Baum's “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

With the regular firearms season for deer concluding on Saturday, Nov. 24, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s new online registration system showed that deer hunters had a very good year in Maine -- likely the best in over 15 years.

Dexter Regional High School is proud to announce that the following students have been selected by the faculty as "Students of the Month" for September, from left are, grade 9: Miles Gadwah; grade 10: Lilah McCormack; grade 11: Ryan Boisvert; and grade 12: Jeanette Patterson.

Upcoming events around the region.

The staff of the Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter will host a Christmas Tea at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8.

The Monson Writers Alliance is a newly forming group of central Maine writers committed to mutual support and encouragement to all members. We will be meeting weekly on Monday evenings starting in December. Meetings are in Monson from 6-8:30 p.m. We meet to provide technical advice and editing suggestions on individual members’ writings.

On Saturday, Nov. 24 the Foxcroft Academy wrestling team traveled to Dexter Regional High School for an annual preseason event, the Dexter Duals tournament. This event consisted of eight teams divided into two groups. The winner of each group advances to the finals and will face the winner of the other group.

Moses Burnham arrived at The Forks from Littleton, New Hampshire in 1836 as one of the incorporators of the Moosehead Lake Steam Navigation Company, the group that launched the first steamboat at Moosehead Lake in the spring of 1836. He took over an existing hotel at The Forks bridge, formerly operated by Edward G. Sturgis, of the Vassalboro Sturgis family.

Despite sub-zero wind chill temperatures, members of the Abbott Memorial Library book club recently gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving in Dexter.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sangerville and Dover-Foxcroft will host its 16th annual Procrastinator’s Holiday Fair, Bake Sale and Raffle from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8.