DEXTER — A week before the opening days of classes during the first week of September, teachers, staff and administrators across SAD 46 have been busy making preparations for a school year that will be unlike any other with hybrid instruction and remote learning methods being used.

What better way to usher in fall than spending Labor Day weekend taking part in the Chesuncook Salmon Derby, September 5 and 6? First prize for the largest salmon caught is a $500 cash prize, and another $500 will be awarded to the lucky angler selected in the fish pool drawing! There will be other prizes as well.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the previously anonymous identify of a benefactor — the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union in making the largest contribution in its 54-year history — providing the $145,000 to enable the county to purchase the former Key Bank building on Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to be the new home of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office patrol and investigation divisions was revealed during a presentation at the site.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

DEXTER — To help determine what the direction the town should go in terms of permitting marijuana-related businesses or not, the Dexter Town Council approved a pair of referendum questions for the November ballot during an Aug.

DEXTER — Students at the Ridge View Community School and Dexter Regional High School will be back in the respective buildings when classes resume next month, families can also opt for full-time remote learning if they wish, as the SAD 46 directors approved a “Return to School Plan” on Aug.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Secondary School and Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will be back in the building at least four days per week depending on the school — a remote learning option will be available for families choosing this method of instruction — when classes resume Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the election several months aways, U.

MILO — The process was different this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but SAD 41 residents approved a $9,912,964 budget for the 2020-21 academic year at the Aug.

MILO — Via a 7-1 school board vote in favor of the “Return to School Plan,” SAD 41 students will be heading back to the classroom four days a week under the current green designation and a reduced number according per grade level should the status change to yellow.