A county with virtually no treatment centers for opioid addiction had the second worst fatal overdose rate among rural counties last year in Maine.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School DEXTER — Front, from left, Cally Gudroe, Lily Brown, Emma Paige, and Caitlyn Chabot.

DEXTER — A proposed $16,425,377 SAD 46 budget for the 2022-23 academic year was approved at the annual district meeting on June 2 at the Ridge View Community School.

NEWPORT — Camp owners and residents are concerned that a dark dust stirred up by recreational vehicles on a nearby multiuse trail and settling on their properties and Sebasticook Lake could be harmful to their health.

Just in time for National Hunger Awareness Month, Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is launching a 30-day, $100,000 challenge beginning June 1 to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank, local community food pantries, and meal sites.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – There is no down time for a small youth sports organization trying to build itself during a global  pandemic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Frequent travel to Bangor for class can be a barrier to earning a nursing degree.

The Maine Association of REALTORS will host a statewide diaper product collection drive to give back to our local communities.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — From June 1-6 Pine Tree Hospice will hold its second bottle drive.

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

DEXTER – Dexter Regional High School Principal Stephen Bell is honored to announce the valedictorian for the Class of 2022, Miles Gadwah, and salutatorian, Elizabeth Kinney.

GARLAND — The public is invited to start their Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, in Garland at the veterans memorial at 7:30 a.

GARLAND — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Beef Producers Association will host a barbecue from 10:45 a.

PORTLAND — Dunkin’ is giving guests throughout Maine and eastern New Hampshire a whole new reason to fuel their “go” this spring.

Absentee ballots are now available ahead of a June 14 election in which Mainers can vote in primary elections for a range of state and local offices as well as local ballot questions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities will be constructing a handicap ramp at the Gazebo in Kiwanis Park located behind the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft, in honor of our beloved long-time member Harold “Doc” Sherman.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff By the end of 2022, Maine may be the only state that does not allow some form of Sunday hunting.

The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft announced that it is looking for area actors between the ages of 14 and 19 to take part in their 2022 Summer Travelling Show.