DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School recently held Winter Carnival 2024 Events.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff You probably won’t see any animals, birds or amphibians wearing special dark glasses during the upcoming total solar eclipse.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the February Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

Jessica Anderson of “Count ME In” will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual “S-T-R-E-T-C-H  your Teaching” workshop to be held Saturday, April 6  at the United Technologies Center Maine in Bangor from 9 a.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-four hours makes a huge difference between safe ice and taking a cold swim this year.

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By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff As total solar eclipse fever heightens and chasers get ready to view a cosmic rarity, eye safety precautions can get pushed aside for more glamorous plans.

Grade 12, highest honors: Elizabeth Bernard Whittaker, Lily Brown, Cally Gudroe, William Spratt; high honors: Shelby Dyson, Lillian Harris, Brianna Packard, Kaleb Ranquist, Gabrielle Shorey-Coy, Mckenzie Trafton; honors: Zakary Adams, Lily Bagley, Maddison Cole, Micheal Cox, Lillianna Davis, Hannah Dean, Macey Deering, Mickayla Fogg, Cian Galligan, Blaine Gould, Miles Grant, Holdyn Guenther, Tayler Howell-Hanson, Mimi Kennedy, Aiden Langlais, Lucrecia Lazon Babeton, Russell Long, Acadia Markham, Nicholas Palmer, Mazie Peach, Kellen Peavey, Jacob Ponte, Graci Scott, Garrett Tibbetts, Tammy Valcourt.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s not your imagination.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is uniquely situated for a front-row seat to a rare astronomical phenomenon.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Bangor’s largest health care system saw significantly lower financial losses in 2023 but was still in the red, as hospitals nationwide worked to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is excited to release our 2023 Annual Report.

GARLAND — Six candidates addressed the Garland Republican caucus on Sunday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff EXETER — A barn on Brown Road in Exeter burned flat Saturday, Feb.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff More than 9,800 marijuana plants were seized by police across Maine in less than a week.

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