Grade eight, high honors: Lexi Bjornson-Burgess, Harloe Boulier, Effie Brochu, Sophia Day, Ava Dunton, Jaedon Haack, Ryleigh Herbest, Charles Johnston, Alicen Kane, Kendall Killam; honors: Jack Gallagher, Mason Hachey, Miles Luellen, Keeten Maioriello, Annabelle Turgeon.

There is little published research about Maine’s canids (red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes).

Grade 12, high honors: Addison Conklin, Cassandra Boislard, Christopher Kip Crockett, Ciara Hussey, Dylan McKenzie, Layla Chai; honors: Damion Drake, Destiny Sibert, Jasmine MacGregor-Gray, Jayden Sprague, Logan Pomerory, Ryann Yenchochic, Steven Benson, Tyler Grant.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the November Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

Grade 12, high honors: Justyce Hart, Gabriel Baldwin, Ella Dauphinee, Ethan Pratt; honors: Jaydyn Boone, Sofia Caiazzo, Parker Gallagher, Gavin Hart.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In November, Northern Light Mayo Hospital distributed 1,000 pounds of carrots, squash, apples, plums, kale, and other fruits and vegetables at its very first produce pop-up market.

INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A Milford Man drowned on Dec.

AUGUSTA — Efficiency Maine announced it has added two instructional videos to the resources that support its initiative to loan out electricity monitors through participating libraries.

Grade 12, high honors: Ashton Russell Ade, Bao Ngoc Gia Bach, Gage Beaudry, Huyen Khai Khloe Bui, Noah Linwood Cavanagh, Cassandra Rose Crockett, Olivia Phyllis Gage, Shane Gallo, Hilary Elizabeth Howard, Niksa Jasovic, Ella Rose Glennon Kazmierczak, Aleksander Action Krause, Ming Fou Lao, Richard Liu, Kemsley Marsters, Kailey Elizabeth McLaughlin, Hunter Daniel Monahan, Danea Obratov, Samantha Paige Ossenfort, Aubry Paradis, Zachary Lee Peirce, Anh Phuong Pham, Wyatt Ellis Rayfield, Dominic Alexander Redmond, Gabriel Soren Saunders, Owen E.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of ticks on the moose killed during the annual hunt this fall are down quite a bit for the second year, according to Maine’s moose biologist.

Grade 12, highest honors: Lily Carr, Scott Chadbourne, Sophia Kopf, Izabelle Pizzo; high honors: Chad Bush, Zachariah Demmer, Emily Easler, Karson Tibbetts; honors: Emma Brasier, Benjamin Higgins, Summer Nesbit, Tim Van Der Heijden, Dominic Zeller.

By Ron Chase Last winter, my son, Adam, and I completed a very stimulating climb of Mosquito Mountain near Moxie Pond in western Maine.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The ground may be covered in several inches of snow, but disease-carrying ticks are still active, the Maine CDC announced on Dec.

GREENVILLE – A key step was taken toward the creation of a proposed multigenerational housing district on Spruce Street during a special town meeting on Dec.

MILO — As a result of only having six players near the end of the first two weeks of practices, Penquis Valley High School will not have a varsity girls basketball team in the 2023-24 season.

Piscataquis County commissioners decided Tuesday to cut $20,000 from the county’s largest funded nonprofit and override some of the budget committee’s decisions regarding two county departments.

MONSON — The Maine State Police will be honoring Corp.

Penquis and Blueberry Broadcasting have launched their annual Christmas is for Kids program.