DEXTER — A proposed $15,576,289 SAD 46 budget for the 2021-22 academic year was approved at the annual district meeting on June 3 at the Ridge View Community School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and Piscataquis County Ice Arena announced that they are continuing the popular drive-in program started in 2020 as a reaction to the COVID pandemic  They are planning some changes for the 2021 season, including viewer’s choice movies and seating areas for chairs, blankets, beanbags, etc.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new blog that shares timely, research-based food and nutrition content in an easy-to-digest format.

BREWER — Joining forces with Portland-based Partners for World Health, Northern Light Health is donating much-needed medical supplies and equipment to help overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare systems in India respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a new series of monthly webinars about preserving Maine foods beginning with one scheduled for noon to12:45 p.

The Moosehead Artisan Village will be officially opening for the season on June 30 and going to the end of October.

MILO — Have you ever wanted to hold an ancient Incan tool made from a meteorite, or see a Columbian Mammoth tooth? Most museums are sober, quiet places that discourage interaction with the exhibits, but the Harrigan Learning Center and Museum, located in Milo, is a breath of  fresh air.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DEXTER — The Carl R.

Observer file photo/Jeannette HughesBLACK FLY FESTIVAL RETURNS TO MILO — A past Black Fly Festival morning parade traveled along Park and West Main streets in Milo.

MILO — Residents in the SAD 41 communities of Brownville, LaGrange and Milo will be voting on the proposed 2021-22 SAD 41 budget at the annual district budget meeting later this month, and then via referendum.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer its hands-on virtual summer learning series June 14 to Aug.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Maine has one of the highest rates of coronavirus vaccination in the country, but some of the rural counties in the state lag behind the more populated areas.

GUILFORD – Davis Bros.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting outside at Kiwanis Park, behind the Piscataquis Regional YMCA, from 10-11:30 a.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Research is showing there is a connection between the tick populations, the mice populations and the spread of Lyme disease in Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met May 24 at the Bear’s Den.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening June 9 7 p.