Northern Light Home Care & Hospice understands how difficult it can be when you are missing a loved one, particularly around the holiday season.

Photo courtesy of Teresa Brzustowicz and Nichole Webber AUTHOR VISIT — Students and staff at Dexter Regional High School got a visit from author Paul Doiron on Dec 1.

Grade 8, high honors – habits of work: Vera Alexander, Ethan Campbell, Mellesse Grant, Tristan Hopkins-Watrous, Pace Jarrett, Grace Jiang, Madison LaGross, Bodhi Langlais, Jonathan Rock, and Ian Saunders; honors – habits of work: Gavin Bavelaar, Ella-marie Buschmann, Makenzie Curtis, Landen Gustin, and Baylee Packard; high honors – academic: Vera Alexander, Mellesse Grant, Grace Jiang, Ian Saunders; honors – academic: Landan Adams, Jaclyn Addington, Gavin Bavelaar, and Lauren Thompson.

Observer photo/Keri Foster FIND THE SHOP LOCAL TREE WINNER — Bill Cleaves of Sangerville is the grand prize winner of the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree contest.

By David Marino Jr.

PORTLAND — The Maine Connectivity Authority has launched a critical public education campaign called Correct the Dots, a call to action for individuals to check their addresses on new federal internet maps and to file a challenge if the information is incorrect.

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

The Maine Community Foundation Animal Welfare Grant Program has awarded 25 grants totaling $342,884 to organizations and projects across the state that advance animal welfare.

It starts with a few sniffles, a scratchy throat, and a couple of sneezes.

By Mehr Sher Mainers learned earlier this year that the state is approximately 75 percent carbon neutral, based on a first-of-its-kind analysis of Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions.

By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff Most water districts in Penobscot County are not finding “forever chemicals” in their drinking water supplies, but given laboratories can’t entirely rule out their presence, there’s no guarantee the water supplies are free of the toxic chemicals.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A fire that started in a ceiling light fixture in an apartment building on Center Street Saturday night was quickly squelched, according to the Dexter fire chief.

Grade 12, highest honors: Emma Alexander, William Kuznierz, and Payson Reinhardt; high honors: Ivey Batey, Brooklynne Blockler, Benjamin Bourgoin, Jennifer Downing, Sydney Dyson, Sydney Fogler, Annika King, Alexandria Mullins, Elisa Picariello, and Caleb Schobel; honors: Frederick Beem, Caden Brown, Lauryn Brunner, Brayden Flagg, Chayce Foster, Olivia Gilman, Lakota Glidden, Kasey Hurd, Elyssa Jerome, Lillian LaPointe, Brendon Melhorn, Makayla Moore, Sophia O’Donnell, Jozlynn Paige, Jillean Poliquin, Alex Race, David Race, Brady Reynolds, Madison Rowe, Thomas Rowe, and Cole Tibbetts.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff A major company that runs testing sites and medical laboratories across the country will take over much of Northern Light Health’s lab services operation next spring.

DEXTER — Despite higher than anticipated construction costs, the town of Dexter continues to work on a project to replace the terminal building and improve the site at the Dexter Regional Airport.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is on track again to see a record number of overdose deaths by the end of the year.

Abbot resident Walter Boomsma was recognized at the 156th annual National Grange Convention in Reno, Nevada as a Cultivator of the Year by the National Grange Membership and Leadership Development Department.