By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff For some restaurants in Maine, the view is as much of a feast as the menu.

CAMDEN – Camden National Bank announced that nominations are open for the 2024 Leaders & Luminaries Awards.

DEXTER — Once in every orbit around the sun, Wayside Grange & Theatre presents its infamous variety show.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $191,000 in grants to 23 non-profit organizations across Northern New England.

MILO — The SAD 41 alternative education program will have a new name, new location, and new method of instruction when classes begin at the end of the summer.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington proudly announces its dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Central Hall Commons is excited to announce the “Share Your Sunshine Photo Contest”, a call to capture the beauty and bounty of local gardens.

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

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers in the northern half of the state are used to seeing an eclectic array of people winding their way along the Appalachian Trail — usually, in the final few hundred miles of the more than 2,000 mile journey by foot that begins in Georgia and ends on Katahdin, a spectacular finale for one of the most epic hikes in the world.

LAKE VIEW PLANTATION — The sixth annual Schoodic Lake Charity Bass Tournament will take place from 7 a.

MONSON — The Tree Talk art exhibition developed from a conversation Jemma Gascoine had with Mike Decker, Monson Arts education officer, when Monson Pottery/Gascoine Gallery was hosting the November 2023 Artist Meet n’ Greet.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next blacksmith demonstration will be at the Dunham Forge, next to the Blacksmith Shop Museum on Dawes Road in Dover-Foxcroft, from 10 a.

PORTLAND – Uprise Partners CEO Malinda Gagnon has become the 18th member of the Truc Huynh Alumni Giving Society at the Mitchell Institute.

Grade eight, high honors: Sierra Bolstridge, Mario Cook, Jacoby Landry; honors: Chase Brown, Kiptyn Dehaan, Davia Deiters, Michael Drake, Lucas Hoffman, Kassidy McGuinn, Adalai Perkins, Griffin Romero, Karlee Shannon, Caroline Snider, Bradlee Thomas.

By Elizabeth Walztoni With snapping turtle egg-laying season underway, the creatures can be seen all over roadsides, in sandy clearings and, perhaps, on your land.

Grade 12, high honors: Jaydyn Boone, Ella Dauphinee, Ethan Pratt; honors: Gabriel Baldwin, Sofia Caiazzo, Gavin Hart.

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Grade 12, high honors: Addison Conklin, Cassandra Boislard, Destiny Sibert, Dylan McKenzie, Hannah Legere, Layla Chaii; honors: Ashley Willis, Austin Gallant, Christopher “Kip” Crockett, Jacob Higgins, Mason Searles, Ryann Yenchochic, Tanairi Gonzalez, Tyler Grant.