By Nok-Noi RickerBDN Staff ORONO — One month after the superintendent of Regional School Unit 26 announced she was resigning to take a job at a school Down East, the school board chairman announced her replacement.

PARKMAN — The public is invited to join Parkman Grange members for the fifth annual Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarship Supper on Saturday, Aug.

CAMBRIDGE — Participate in the installation of a small, simple, off-grid, solar photovoltaic (PV) system at a private home in Cambridge with the Maine Solar Energy Association (MeSEA).

Photo courtesy of Natural Resource Education Center Recently the Natural Resource Education Center at Moosehead’s Maine Woods Explorers visited Steve Cayard’s canoe shop in Wellington to learn about building birch bark canoes in the tradition of the Wabanaki.

By Aislinn SarnackiBDN Staff BAXTER STATE PARK — The popular Dudley Trail up Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, was closed recently because of unstable conditions resulting from a rock and debris slide.

SKOWHEGAN — A pair of women from the Dover-Foxcroft GFWC Miosac Club attended the Maine General Federation of Women’s Clubs Board of Directors meeting at the Margaret Chase Smith Library and Museum on July 13.

MAPLETON — A new book by author Ethelle G.

ORONO — A number of students from the region were named to the spring dean’s list at the University of Maine.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes For nearly three decades the Atkinson Lady Quilters have showcased members’ talents with a quilt show at the Atkinson United Methodist Church.

ATKINSON — The Gold Star family Nancy and Don White of Atkinson invite the public to the Captain.

BOSTON — Benjamin “Benjy” G.

UNITY — The Unity College Board of Trustees has added two new members with broad experience in business and nonprofits, Luke Muzzy of Greenville and Howard Johnson of Toano, Va.

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Photo courtesy of Abbot Historical Society During the July 6 meeting of the Abbot Historical Society, retiring President Carolyn Amos was presented with a bouquet of roses by incoming President Wayne Bennett.

BANGOR — The Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) welcomes Piscataquis County Economic Development Council Executive Director (PEDC) Christopher Winstead to its board of directors.

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AUGUSTA — The following students were named to the spring semester full-time dean’s list at the University of Maine-Augusta: Maranda Drouin and Sabrina Tatseos of Dexter; Tucker Dow, Melissa Higgins and Jennifer Sylvain, Dover Foxcroft; Tianna Breau, Greenville; Josie Knowles, Sangerville; Lynn Torre, Sangerville; and Ashley Mace, Shirley Mills.