Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN — Santa made his annual visit to the Reading Room in Sebec Village on Saturday, Dec.

AUGUSTA – Rep.

The CDC is encouraging Americans to stay safe and celebrate with their household for the winter holidays.

Grade 8, high honors-academic: Lucy Alexander, Keira Bennett, Addyson Brown, McKenzie Clay, Teegan Day, Cole Doherty, Ethan Doherty, Brooklyn Dow, Avery Fogler, Claire Fogler, Amelia Greaves, Megan Hreben, Gabrielle Judkins, Willis Rienhardt and Brianna Vafiades.

Grade eight, high honors: Heidi Clawson, Emily Greenlaw and Cameron Pratt; honors: Cody Bagley, Emma Bither, Leora Brochu, Shayli Cirulli, Margarette Clarke, Allison Conner, Carter Coy, Evalyn Fisk, Grace Greene, Scott Greene, Zoe Havaas, Alexia Heretakis, Madyson Kimball, Calvin Landry, Eli Lane, Brianna Lawrence, Serenity McCabe, Korbyn McCormick, Jack Murray, Kael Niland, Kierstyn Nuite, Chelsea O’Bar, Elizabeth Richards, Lea Schnetzer, Flynn Schriver, Ella Smith, Grace Vaillancourt and Jaxson Zimmerman.

Grade 12, high honors: Dacey Bridges, Jessica Cobb, Christian Trujillo and Katie Worster; honors: Mailer Baldwin.

Phase 2 of funding from the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program is being distributed.

Grade 12, high honors: Joslyn Black, Savannah Boislard, Lauren Bolstridge, Destiny Golden, Thomas Lyford, Zakary Mills, Angelina Roberts and Courtney Rouleau; honors: Lealia Chadwick, Ryan Chase, AnnaJo Conklin, Haylee Gauvin, Salena Goodine, Ethan Johnson, Trevor Saunders, Karri Whitten and Jamus Winfield.

Grade 12, highest honors: Makayla Bignell, Robert Dorman, Peyton Grant, Avery Herrick, Brett Kusnierz, Lilah McCormack, Olivia Peakes, Abigail Wakefield, Elijah Warner, Isaac Webber and Jade Wintle; high honors: Cheyenne Beem, Alexys Dow, Michael Gadwah, Kaitlyn Gray, Santinaca Lawson and Parker Ponte; honors: Abby Andrews, Hunter Dean, Rosalie Gillis, Kassandra Gray, Jylian Lupo, Mary Mailhot, Alicia Michaud, Destiny Russell, Ryan Smith, Carly Taylor and Grace Wallace.

Grade 12, high honors: Valentina Ballarin, Sheryl Chase, Dalton Clark, Martina De Lucia, Khrystofor Downing, Khoi Minh Duong, Dayita Durachman, Caleb Fockens, Lorane Genot, Triston Green, Lucas Greenlaw, Siarra Hendren, May Horton, Hunter Kemp, Izaak Krause, Kai Lun Lai, Noah Lamb, Samantha Lancaster, Logan Martin, Anna Morin, Brittany Racilla, Ava Rayfield, Annabelle Rhoda, Lucas Ronco, David Scott, Luke Stedman, Hermes Tong, Annie Wang and Bradley Whitten; honors: Ainsley Ade, Kerem Bekmez, Kelli Jo Black, Karen Desmond, Kaylee Durgin, Kylie Higgins, Austin Jackson, Luna Kemura, Katelyn Kimball, Kaela Perry, John Pham, Phuong Linh Pham, Maranda Poulin, James Purvis, Amber Richard and Dakota Richardson.

MILO — The Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard has one Christmas wish; to have a home of its very own.

DEXTER — A half dozen more roads in Dexter will be open to ATVs, including the Owlsboro Road, Pleasant Ridge Road, Shepard Road, #10 Road, Bugbee Road and Crockett Road from the #10 Road to the North Dexter Road, as the town council approved an amendment to the motor vehicle and traffic ordinance allowing it during a Dec.

GREENVILLE — Thank you all for a great book club meeting in October.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jon Knepp of Alexandria, Pennsylvania has been hired as the new director of library services for the Thompson Free Library.

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

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff Some Maine hospitals have seen such a large new wave of coronavirus patients this fall that they’re starting to delay some elective surgeries and expanding COVID-19 units to handle the growing volume.

Photo courtesy of Maine Senate RepublicansSWEARING-IN DAY — Sen.

By Jim Fahey I began my career with the Maine Warden Service in the fall of 1992, when I was a deputy for District Game Warden David C.