ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space.

GUILFORD — The SAD 4 School Board approved a proposed $9,752,463 budget for the 2025-26 academic year during an April 8 meeting at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a ruminant parasite management workshop and FAMACHA certification workshop on Saturday, April 19 from noon to 4:30 p.

What happens if you can no longer speak for yourself and lose the ability to express your healthcare wishes? If you have an advance directive, your family and caregivers will know what care you want, or may not want, on your terms, and it will be easier for a loved one to make decisions for you.

The Foxcroft Academy Key Club attended the 2025 New England District Key Club Convention in Portland from April 4-6.

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.

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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.