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GREENVILLE — Kings Treats, located on 32 Pritham Avenue next to Harris Drug Store, had a little fun over this past weekend.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library DOVER-FOXCROFT — A library is like an all-access pass to great programs, services, and resources.

BIDDEFORD — The following local students have been named to the dean’s list for the 2024 spring semester at the University of New England, for attaining a grade point average of 3.

MONSON — The Monson Arts Gallery, in collaboration with the Marlborough Gallery, New York, is pleased to announce its summer exhibition “Berenice Abbott’s Greenwich Village”, featuring her original vintage photographs from the 1930s and 1940s.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On May 10 Foxcroft Academy celebrated the past with the induction of the 2024 Academic Hall of Fame class, John Hesketh ‘52, Karen Gammon Pomeroy ‘73, David Cynewski ‘79, Douglas Villone ‘92, Heidi Chambers Walker ‘92, and Ben Hamblen ‘06.

The Fourth of July means fireworks.

MONSON — On Saturday, July 6 the Monson Finnish Farmers Club will hold a benefit breakfast for Monson’s Finn Hall from 7-9 a.

LEWISTON — Jacob Raynes of Dover-Foxcroft was named to the dean’s list at Bates College for the winter semester ending in April.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff You’re likely not going to get rich panning for gold or digging for gems in Maine.

ORONO – The University of Maine Cooperative Extension welcomes anyone who owns or cares for equines to participate in the virtual Summer Equine Speaker Series.

The towns of Sebec, Dexter, and Greenville will each be celebrating Independence Day with events on and leading up to Thursday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Students and families gathered at the SeDoMoCha School on June 24 to kick off the 2024 Hot Lunch Summer Meal Program and the new SUN Bucks benefit.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Bangor Savings Bank helped nearly 500 people buy their first home in the last fiscal year, but the bank’s leaders said low inventory is the biggest hurdle it faces in getting more people to achieve the milestone.

BREWER — Northern Light Health announced that it has been accepted into the America Is All In Clean Energy Academy, led by the Rocky Mountain Institute, as it seeks to halve its emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff MILO — Bissell Brothers will close its Three Rivers location in Milo at the end of the summer.

GUILFORD — The town of Guilford is honored to announce that it will be hosting the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall, a poignant and powerful tribute to the brave men and women who served in the Vietnam War.

PORTLAND – The John T.