By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — A group 75 walked over three miles through the streets of Dover-Foxcroft on the morning of May 21 in the Abbot-based JD Foundation’s first Walk to Wake the Silence.

By Jen LyndsBDN Staff PRESQUE ISLE — When the 154 graduates marched out of the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s 107th Commencement ceremony at Wieden Gymnasium on Saturday, May 14, they all had their new diplomas with them.

Editor’s Note: Some students’ names were inadvertently omitted from the Foxcroft Academy third-quarter honor roll.

SEBEC — Sebec Village Associates, also known as the Reading Room, representatives were thrilled to learn that the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation funded their grant proposal to create a lending library at the town’s community center.

Among the recent births recorded at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft were: CHURCHILL — A son, Dexter James Churchill, born on April 15, 2016, to Kassandra Alyssa and Colton James Churchill.

AUGUSTA — Jacob Ireland and Natalie Robinson, who are both eighth grade students at SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft, were recently honored as Middle Level Scholar Leaders at a banquet on May 19 at the Augusta Civic Center.

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PORTLAND — The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) announced the recipients of its 2015 Notable Projects Awards at the spring conference May 17.

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FORT KENT — Three students from the region were recently inducted the Nursing Honor Society at the University of Maine-Fort Kent and another was honored during the Nurse Pinning Ceremony.