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.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — The Friends of the Mountain will be auctioning off the only remaining chairs to the 1967 Squaw Double Summit Lift.

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.

DEXTER  — A new adoption program that aims to boost the well-being of seniors who live alone pairs them with cats in need of homes.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Florida man who was convicted of murdering an 86-year-old Presque Isle man more than six years ago has died in a state prison.

GREENVILLE — Visit three beautiful properties in Greenville decked out for the holidays on Saturday, Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy Key Club is holding its annual Festival of Stockings on Saturday, Dec.

Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the promotion of Maria Wooten from her current role as executive vice president to president beginning in January.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Area families packed the Dover-Foxcroft fire station for a visit with Santa and Mrs.