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.

FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to announce the launch and printing of ENG 100 and Rural U Writing Project “Composition Series:  LIFE Review, Volume Two.

BANGOR  – Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025, is announcing the addition of 36 schools that will participate in the program during the next school year.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has funded projects that will provide high-speed internet to tens of thousands of homes that lack it now, but stiff competition for federal funding and economic problems may slow progress down.

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.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff If even a lone officer is on the scene of a school where there’s an active shooter inside harming students, that officer is going inside.

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 — A $12,817,099 RSU 68 budget for the 2022-23 academic year was approved on Tuesday, May 31, during the annual district budget meeting at the SeDoMoCha School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – RSU 68 extends an invitation to all community members, including students, parents, residents, business leaders, and town selectpersons, to share your thoughts and ideas into the building of our 5-year strategic plan.

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.

By Kim Brawn We’ve arrived at June.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The founder of Tradewinds Markets plans to demolish and rebuild a convenience store and gas station in Dover-Foxcroft as the new owner of the property.

By Lia Russell and Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff On Wednesday morning, May 25, Christina Caron dropped her children off at school in Bangor.

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