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9 more Mainers have died and another 1,383 coronavirus cases reported across the state since the weekend

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Dexter Town Council mulls how to spend $196K in first round of ARPA funds

DEXTER — Dexter town councilors discussed ways to spend $195,706 in American Rescue Plan Act funds the town received this fall during a meeting last week.

Maine’s overlooked counties urged to think big after hitting the stimulus jackpot

By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County, Maine, and Stafford County, Virginia, are home to slightly more than 151,000 people.

Maine’s rural counties bear the brunt as record COVID surge pushes hospitals to the brink

By David Marino Jr.

SAD 41 holiday break will start a day early

MILO – SAD 41 students and staff will be starting the holiday vacation a day early later this month.

Northern Light Health to provide COVID-19 booster doses to eligible teens

BREWER – Northern Light Health is gearing up to provide vaccinations to eligible 16 and 17-year-olds following the recent announcement from the U.

COVID-related material costs and shortages delay Moosehead Lake ski resort

When a Knox County developer and his partners began work to get a year-round ski resort in Piscataquis County off the ground more than three years ago, nobody could predict pandemic-related delays.

Maine sees record-breaking 2,148 new coronavirus cases amid surge

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Piscataquis Community Secondary School first quarter honor roll

Grade 12, highest honors: Ruth Griffith and Hailee Hartford; high honors: Victor De Saint-Denis, Hannah Dow, Taylor Folsom, Sarah Gray, Sydney Hutchins, Elizabeth Kendall, Gianna Kopf, Christina Maguire, Ben Martin, Jessie Mayberry, Shania Milano, and Alex Shedd; honors: Jacob Beckwith, Grace Buehne, Matt Burdin, Matt Chadbourne, Dean Demmer, Zoey (Zenix) Dow-Cookson, Kayden Gilbert, Martina Hill, MacKenzie Kain, Alexandria Maguire, Aliyah Ouellette, and Cassidy Rohdin.

MaineCF’s Maine Theater Fund awards grant to Center Theatre

The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund has awarded $93,500 in grants to 20 organizations across the state.

Penquis Valley High School first quarter honor roll

Grade 12, high honors: Alvin Robshaw, Emily McKinnon, Grady Atkinson, Hope Lovell, and Maxwell Osgood; honors: Benjamin Bouley, Bethany Clements, Desirea Stanley, Dominic Jones, Ethan Bishop, Jonathan Paquette,Justin Chambers, Kasside Witham, Mikal Sicklar, and Olivia Legere.

Dexter Regional High School first quarter honor roll

Grade 12, highest honors: Caitlyn Chabot, Bradley Crane, Miles Gadwah, Shelbie Poulin, and Cole Smith; high honors: Kianna Bennett, Riley Campbell, Clyde Day, Rickey Goodell, Jr.

Monson to kick off Bicentennial with bonfire

MONSON – The Town of Monson is turning 200 in 2022 and everyone is invited to join the year-long celebration.

Foxcroft Academy quarter 1 honor roll

Grade 12, high honors: Alan Abolnik Ribe, Filip Brkic, Grace R.

Maine sets grim record with 1,460 more coronavirus cases

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‘Squirrelzilla’ proves Maine’s gray squirrels are fat and fluffy this fall

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff They call it “Squirrelzilla.

RSU 68 voters approve central office construction

Residents of the four RSU 68 communities — Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson and Sebec — approved a referendum on Dec.

8 more Mainers have died and another 1,275 coronavirus cases reported across the state

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