DEXTER — the Wayside Grange is organizing a free cook-off contest on Saturday, Aug.

  Inaugural Maine Red Hot Dog Festival will be this weekend DEXTER — The first annual Maine Red Hot Dog Festival, featuring a day of events on Saturday, Aug.

  DEXTER — The August First Friday movie and discussion sponsored by DDATT and the Abbott Memorial Library will be held at 7 p.

DEXTER — The Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis’ second annual Cruise-In, on Saturday, Aug.

By Judy HarrisonBDN Staff BANGOR — Four more people charged in connection with a drug distribution ring that allegedly operated in the Dexter area for a dozen years pleaded guilty on July 20 in U.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $13,742,710 was approved — with all 17 articles passed as written — in about 15 minutes during a district budget meeting on July 21 at the Ridge View Community School.

DEXTER — The Dexter Historical Society is sponsoring a talk about town railroads on Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — The town council gave its approval, via a 4-0 vote with several councilors not in attendance, to a net budget of $4,386,211 for the 2016-17 fiscal year during a July 14 meeting at the town hall.

By Nick McCreaBDN Staff DEXTER — A Dexter police sergeant resigned last month after he had his law enforcement certification taken away for quashing a speeding ticket as a favor to a local woman.

DEXTER — The Wayside Theatre’s annual Variety Show on Saturday, July 23 at 7 p.

By Ryan McLaughlinBDN Staff DEXTER — A local man was killed Sunday evening when the vehicle he was driving struck a tree on Garland Road, police said.

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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Dave Pearson reads the proclamation incorporating the town of Dexter on June 17, 1816 exactly 200 years later during a ceremony at the Dexter Town Hall.

DEXTER — On June 17, 1816 the town of Dexter — then part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — was officially incorporated, named in honor of Judge Samuel Dexter who at the time was the Democratic candidate for governor of the commonwealth.

DEXTER — Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) plans on beginning the July 4 weekend by hosting its monthly First Friday public discussion on Friday, July 1 from 7-9 p.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — Town Manager Shelley Watson provided updates on several happenings scheduled for the upcoming few months during a June 8 meeting of the town council.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $13,967,172 was approved during the annual district budget meeting on June 9 at the Ridge View Community School.

DEXTER — The June 3 DDATT First Friday topic is raising rabbits for meat, starting at 7 p.