DEXTER — Students from Dexter Regional High School, Ridge View Community School, Piscataquis Community Secondary School, Penquis Valley High School, Foxcroft Academy, and SeDoMoCha Middle School will gather on Friday, March 22 in Dexter for a regional summit focused on leading positive change in their schools and communities.

BREWER — Displaying continued commitment to the health of its patients, colleagues, and community, Northern Light Health has been selected as the newest member of the Health Care Climate Council.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli The weather along the swath of eclipse totality from Mexico to Maine is a big unknown.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A $30 million bond request meant to bolster existing and develop new trails could be used to repair damage that multiple storms inflicted on the state’s trail system, according to a Maine Trails Coalition spokesperson on March 14.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT — On Feb.

Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available for businesses and nonprofits from the U.

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.

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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — RSU 68 officials are continuing with work to develop the budget for the 2024-25 academic year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has begun.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School A HEARTFELT THANK YOU — The SeDoMoCha School recognized two outstanding students for their heroic response to assist Library Services ed tech Amy Fagan-Cannon during an unfortunate ski incident.

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

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Tuesday, Feb.

BANGOR —  Penquis C.

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.

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

Grade 12, high honors: Ashton Ade, Bao Ngoc Gia Bach, Gage Beaudry, Huyen Khai Khloe Bui, Noah Cavanagh, Kristalyn Defries, Olivia Gage, Hilary Howard, Niksa Jasovic, Ella Rose Kazmierczak, Aleksander Krause, Ming Fou Lao, Richard Liu, Kemsley Marsters, Laney McGary, Kailey McLaughlin, Jose Mieres Legido, Danea Obratov, Samantha Ossenfort, Aubry Paradis, Zachary Peirce, Anh Phuong Pham, Wyatt Rayfield, Olivia Richardson, Dominick Scuderi, Owen Sherman, Jackson Smith, Aleksa Sviloskos, Ngoc Thi Bich Tang, Marcus Vargas Kononenko, Paige Weidman, Ateon Whitney; honors: Pau Argilaga Aubalat, Jackson Caruso, Marceli Cerek, Eliza Chambers, Cassandra Crockett, Jackson Day, Hieu Do, Blayz Fillmore, Devin Henderson, Jacob Johnson, Conner Johnston, Loc Nguyen Max Mai, Duong Dragon Nguyen, Elyse Nutter, Vitalii Oplachko, Taylor Pahlavan, Amara Perfect, Lauren Preble, Dominic Redmond, Gabriel Saunders, Allison Smith, Aaliyah Souza, Izetta Story, Logan Walton, Peyton Wellman, Elinal White-Charette, Kaiden Whitten.

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