DEXTER — The various Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) program areas have awarded “Student of the Quarter” recognition to students in their programs for the second quarter.

    DEXTER — Third-graders at the Ridge View Community School learned how much fun it can be to get into a dictionary as a result of four classroom visits by a “Words for Thirds” team from Garland Grange consisting of William Bemis, Ernest Rollins and Becca Myers.

    DEXTER — The Penquis Beekeepers monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb.

    DEXTER — Jane Strauch, a senior at Dexter Regional High School and daughter of Patrick and Nancy Strauch of Exeter, has been selected to receive the 2013 Principal’s Award, Principal Stephen Bell announced.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School Dexter Regional High School’s December Students of the Month are, from left, Ashton Ward, grade 9; Shayna Fogg, grade 10; Seth Blais, grade 11; and David McKusick, grade 12.

For the second year in a row the cheering team from Dexter Regional High School is the Eastern Maine Class C champion as the Tigers finished with a score of 125 points to place first out of a dozen schools during the regional final on Jan.

    STANDISH — Dexter resident Sarah Wallace was named to the fall semester Dean’s List at St.

DEXTER — Dexter Community Band invites potential members to rehearsals Tuesdays at 6 p.

    DEXTER — A group of local citizens are planning to erect a Re-Use Barn at the Mid Maine Solid Waste (MMSW) facility on the Line Road between Corinna and Dexter.

    DEXTER — Back pain is the 10th largest medical expense in the U.

    DEXTER — On Wednesday, Jan.

    DEXTER — Each year, the Ridge View Community School Builders Club collects “Coins for the Closet” in an effort to help feed needy people in our community.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School November students of the month at Dexter Regional High School are, from left, Larissa Bell, grade 12; Breanna Bussell, grade 11; Adam Malinauskas, grade 10; and Katherine Batron, grade 9.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — Students in the alternative educational program have had some additional options available to them for the past two years.

DEXTER — From 6 to 8 p.

    DEXTER — Over 20 local residents gathered recently in Dexter’s Abbott Memorial Library to participate in a spirited first Friday discussion about home heating, sponsored by Dexter-Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT).

     — The New Hope Baptist Church in Dexter showed their support for the victims, 26 students and staff, that were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting tragedy in  New Town, Conn.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — A Corinna businessman’s plan to development the former Abbot Hill school property may be hampered by a proposed bill sponsored by the local state legislator.