DEXTER — DP Porter Contractors of Hermon has been selected to replace the terminal building and improve the site at the Dexter Regional Airport.

PORTLAND — One year ago, AARP Maine sponsored its first virtual “listening tour” of our state, and heard a wealth of concerns, suggestions, and ideas from AARP members and non-members alike.

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

AUGUSTA – Senate Republicans unveiled sweeping legislation during a press briefing on Feb.

By CBS 13 Maine lawmakers could debate bills this session that allow for armed security guards at schools and would allow staff to be armed on school property.

BANGOR — Penquis and Eastern Maine CA$H are again providing free tax preparation services to eligible households at sites in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo, Hancock, and Washington counties.

BREWER — Northern Light Health organizations from Portland to Presque Isle will “Go Red for Women,” encouraging employees and all Mainers to wear red on Friday, Feb.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom CANCER FOUNDATION BENEFIT — The Dexter Regional High School girls basketball team lines the court — with reserves wearing commemorative warm-up shirts — for the National Anthem prior to a girls/boys doubleheader between the Tigers and host Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford on Jan.

As a financial institution invested in their communities and neighbors, Acadia Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce they will award $6,000 in scholarships to area high school seniors.

Photo courtesy of Piscataquis County Democrats FOOD DRIVE — The Piscataquis County Democrats will have a food drive at party headquarters at 25 North Street in Dover-Foxcroft from 10 a.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County officials on Jan.

Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals are pleased to welcome new members to their Boards of Trustees.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for a federal investigation into Penobscot County’s intended use of COVID-19 relief dollars to fund repairs at its chronically overcrowded jail.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — This has been a difficult and unpredictable winter with little safe ice on Maine’s lakes and ponds.

DEXTER — A project to replace the terminal building and improve the site at the Dexter Regional Airport should see completion, despite higher than anticipated construction costs.

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

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Most of Maine barely has any snow to enjoy the outdoors — and adding insult to injury is the limited amount of safe ice on many of the state’s lakes and ponds forcing the cancellation of local ice fishing derbies.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff An initial round of state testing showed that nearly 75 percent of the wells included in the study had what are considered safe levels of PFAS contamination.