By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Cori Cantrell and her two children have used MaineCare for several years, relying on it for everything from surgeries to ear infections or stitches after a basketball hoop fell on one youngster’s head.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolESSAY CONTEST WINNERS — The Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter sponsored an essay contest for Dexter Regional High School students for National Library Week April 6-12, with the theme of “Drawn to Your Library: the Right to Read”.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Downtown Revitalization Committee will be having its first organizational meeting at 6:30 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Attention, Dover-Foxcroft and Foxcroft Academy community! On Wednesday, April 30 Foxcroft Academy will host a benefit pasta dinner with all proceeds going to support FA staff members battling cancer.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean and Mayo Hospitals invite the community to attend a chem-free candle making experience on Tuesday, April 29 in Greenville.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

DEXTER — On March 29 10 students from Dexter Regional High School competed against nearly 300 high schoolers from across the state at the annual Maine State Science Fair.

Photo courtesy of Harold J.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting two virtual presentations covering current pest management challenges in Christmas tree production from 11 a.

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BREWER — Timothy Dentry, president and CEO, has announced his pending retirement from Northern Light Health this calendar year.

Contributed photoWORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION — SeDoMoCha Stageworks’ production of “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange is now accepting applications for the 2025 Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarship.

BANGOR – We all go through stress, which is how our body reacts physically and emotionally to new or tough situations.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff When Dolly Perkins was a young real estate agent, Mainers could easily find an affordable home that came with hundreds of acres.

GREENVILLE — An ecumenical service of tenebrae will be held Monday evening at 7 p.

PARKMAN — Are you interested in learning the skill of topworking fruit trees? Perhaps you want to know what topworking even is! The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with CJ Walke of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association are providing a hands-on fruit tree topworking workshop from 10 a.

Jasper Makowski of Dover-Foxcroft was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the University of Maine.