Grade 12, highest honors: Emma Alexander, Lauryn Brunner, Jennifer Downing, Sydney Fogler, Elyssa Jerome, William Kuznierz, Alexandria Mullins, Sophia O’Donnell, Aleaha Richards, and Payson Reinhardt; high honors: Ivey Batey, Benjamin Bourgoin, Bryce Connor, Sydney Dyson, Tiffany Heinrichs, Kasey Hurd, Kayden Kimball, Annika King, Brendon Mehlhorn, Jozlynn Paige, Elisa Picariello, Caleb Schobel, and Cole Tibbetts; honors: Brooklynne Blockler, Hunter Burrill, Tami Cummings, Dawson Dow, Olivia Gilman, LaKota Glidden, Zachary Gudroe, Makayla Moore, Jillean Poliquin, David Race, Brady Reynolds, Madison Rowe, Thomas Rowe, Camryn Spack, and Ethan Tarr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital recently honored a nurse and a certified nursing assistant for excellence in care during National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week.

MILO — This academic year nearly 50 Milo Elementary and Brownville Elementary students have gotten together after school for the BearCats program, an amalgamation of the school’s Bears and Bobcats mascots.

Grade 12, high honors: Rebecca Elaine Barran, Justice Batchelder, Ava Benson, Gunnar Berling-Haugh, Cody Chambers, Cameron Chase, Adam Conner, Le Nguyet Anh Jennie Duong, Mackenzie Goodine, Cadence E.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative and Maine TREE have organized a Green Jobs Fair for two area middle school classes, Piscataquis Community Elementary School sixth grade and SeDoMoCha Middle School seventh grade.

FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent graduating seniors received their degrees at the 141st  commencement exercises held at the UMFK’s Sport Center on May 6.

The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Land Use Planning Commission is studying short-term rental activity in the Commission’s service area and seeking public input on potential regulatory options.

Grade 12, high honors: Victoria Boislard, Jessica Broussard, Rachel Broussard, Syreniti Grant, Evan Horne, Ida-Grace Lundin, and William Sanborn; honors: Imaan Ali, Brooke Bolstridge, Aidan Brown, Abigail Conlogue, Jessica Morton, Mickayla Pierce, Mason Searles, Frederick Shaw, Aileen Strout, Macie Veino, and Megan Whitten.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2015 law that shielded records on hazardous materials transported by rail in Maine is on the chopping block under a quick response from lawmakers to the train derailment in the Moosehead Lake region in April.

DEXTER — Annika Katherine King of Dexter, a senior at Dexter Regional High School, has been selected to receive the 2023 Principal’s Award, Principal Stephen Bell announced.

GREENVILLE — Destination Moosehead Lake is celebrating spring with Moose Mainea! The Moose Mainea 5K, 10K, and Kids Fun Race will be held on Saturday, June 3 in Greenville near the shores of Moosehead Lake.

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School Principal Stephen Bell is honored to announce the Valedictorian for the Class of 2023, Emma Alexander and Salutatorian Sydney Fogler.

Maine Savings Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of Janine Tremble to vice president of community engagement & impact.

Six women from the GFWC Miosac Club of Dover-Foxcroft attended the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Spring Convention at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor on May 11-12.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The JD Foundation will hold its seventh annual Walk/Run to Wake the Silence on the morning of Saturday, June 3.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Jan.

The GFWC MIOSAC Club presented its annual high school art show on April 28 at Foxcroft Academy in the art classroom.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School DEXTER ROYALTY — The Dexter Regional High School Prom was held on May 13 at Grace on the Lake in Harmony, the theme was Starry Night.