By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County residents want $29.

Deborah Ellwood, a leader in the field of community foundations with close ties to Maine, has been named the new president and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a forestry series in 2022.

BREWER – Northern Light Health has released its 2021 Annual Report.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A major leak has partially shut down the kitchen at the Penobscot County Jail, forcing the jail to purchase meals and bring them in from outside at an added cost.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff                LIMESTONE – Staff Sgt.

By Sierra Whaley, Bangor Daily News Staff Home sales for the month of January were the second-best on record for single-family homes in Maine.

DEXTER, — Dexter councilors decided Thursday to allocate the remainder of the town’s first round of American Rescue Act Plan funds to improvement projects and a local organization that will serve as a food pantry and resource center.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff State health officials will revisit their recommendation that students wear masks in school after next week’s February break, as a handful of school departments reconsider their mask requirements.

Do you have a desire to help others? As Pine Tree Hospice looks forward to starting grief support groups for those that have experienced a loss, we are looking for people who would like to help others in our communities by becoming facilitators.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab 2021 Surveillance Program data is available on the Maine Tick Data webpage.

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.

MILO — An early step toward bringing a regional high school project to fruition among four area school districts was taken with the presentation of a bill to allow for the first of its kind secondary institution to operate as a community school district.

WESTBROOK – Credit union representatives from across Maine virtually came together on Feb.

DEXTER – Through the generous nature of area groups,Tri-County Technical Center, residents, and businesses, area senior citizens will continue to benefit from the Joe Sherburne Memorial Garden.

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ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a two-part online information session for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers, 7–8 p.

DEXTER – For more than a month, SAD 46 and other school units across Maine have been holding classes in accordance with the Maine CDC’s and Maine Department of Education’s revised standard operating procedure since students returned after the holiday break.