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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It was February 1964, and Joseph Guyotte, after several months of waiting, heard from Fire Chief “Old Red” Whitman about an open reserve position at the fire station.

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.

MILO — This year, Dyer’s Hope House Food Pantry is tucking the holiday spirit into pretty home-made stockings.

Grade 12, high honors: Justice Batchelder, Ava Benson, Olivia Berce, Gunnar Berling-Haugh, Cody Chambers, Adam Conner, Le Nguyet Anh Jennie Duong, Mackenzie Goodine, Emma Hardy, Leah Hill, Olivia Hill, Logan Hinson, Cierra Jackson, Abrielle Kemp, Abigail Knapp, Jada Lewis, Lauren Martin, Eion McCloskey, Kylie Merritt, Rachel Mullis, Ivan Mutafchiev, Kirsten Nakajubi, Joseph Nelson, Nghi Phu Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, Bach Chi Pham, Carter Pratt, Aliza Pulkkinen, Anna Raynes, Laney Reardon, Carlos Rodriguez Sainz, Raven Sawyer, Shallynn Stevens, Anh Trinh Van Amelia Tran, and Brooke Weston; honors: Courtney Barnett, Quynh Anh Jane Bui, Cameron Chase, Keegan Clark, Caden Crocker, Fernando D’Avila Oliveira, Pedro Gauterio Bizzotto, Anthony Harmon, Cadence Herrick, Kirsten Marshall, Emily McLeish, Mateo Mendez Pinillos, Baden Mercer, Ella Molaghan, Bosco Monforte Espallardo, Kholton Perry, Gage Roy, Kiernan Schriver, Quan Le Bob Son, Kilian Thaler, Anh Viet Phuong Ana Tran, Hayden Warren, Destiny Weymouth, and Nathan Weymouth.

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.

By Aislinn Sarnacki With ice cleats strapped to my boots, I hiked up an icy, snowy mountain in the Moosehead Region a couple of days ago.

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.

MILO — A committee consisting of people from the SAD 41 school board, select boards from three district towns and residents representing Brownville, LaGrange and Milo will examine the number of directors for the SAD 41 board via an apportionment committee.

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.

Whether you are feeling a little “grinchy” or feeling the magic of the “Polar Express” or in the mood for traditional Christmas tunes or HJ Crosby’s “Adeste Fideles” march, set aside an hour to join in the holiday spirit.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff After working with Bangor’s homeless population for nearly 20 years, Jen Weatherbee no longer trudges through snow looking for unsheltered people to offer them help.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups, and individuals using their voices, instruments, and movement on two separate nights this holiday season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The roof of the newly-opened Jim Robinson Field House on Foxcroft Academy’s West Main Street campus will be the site of a rooftop solar project.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners agreed to raise the daily boarding rate for prisoners from outside the county during a meeting Tuesday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC Miosac Club met on Nov.