By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor In the “frontier county” of Piscataquis, there’s generally one rule of thumb for anyone trying to make a difference in the lives of its 17,000 residents: Be creative.

The Jack Miller Center, a civic education non-profit, announced the 15 teachers from across the country chosen for its American Civic Tradition Fellowship, a yearlong program for middle and high school teachers designed to deepen their understanding of key American historical texts and strengthen their use of primary sources in the classroom.

Grade 12, highest honors: Noah Benson, Paige Jandreau, Chloe Murdock, Laney Scott, Casey Swenson, Baylee Turcotte, Lexi Wintle; high honors: Jon Andrescu, Jazmin Channon, Deaken Cousins, Peyton Dodge, Cassidy Drew, Annabelle Keniston-Johndro, Annabelle Peakes, Jacoby Pratt, Liset Ramirez Barahona, Kallie Stone; honors: Brady Adams, Desiree Adams, Shealyn Bagley, Caleb Bowman, Hailee Breton, George Childers, Bryce Cooper, Gaberial Cupero, Raina Cyr, Julia Goldsmith, Aedyn Goodell, Trenton Hanscom, Ryan Hocking, Brady Jerome, Kody Kimball, Tanner Ladd, Damiair Miller, Tucker Neal, Genevieve Rich, Cadence Sciongay, Adriana Sibert, Skkylar Squires, Alex Sutton, Sophie White.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — David Bialczak of Abbot has been named to Southern New Hampshire University‘s spring 2026 dean’s list.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a new series of webinars about preserving local foods from 2 to 2:45 p.

Grade 12, high honors: Madyson Armstrong, Jana Aqbarawi, Varis Arbona Badia, Gwendolyn Atwater, Joanna Austie, Lili Bisson, Prudence Bridge, Seunghyun Cheon, Kameryn Coelho, Addie Day, Sadie Estes, Jaydin Griffith-Klimetz, Adriana Guthrie, Emmaleah Hamilton, Hayden Hanson, Henry Holman, Grant Howard, Vy Huynh, Kaeliegh Jay, Karah Jones, Susan LaBree, Abigail Lance, Emma McGary, Kinley Myers, Doan Phuong Trinh Nguyen, Ngoc Nguyen Phu Nguyen, Thi Nhu Y Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Vy Nguyen, Adalynn Rayfield, Liam Reardon, Isaak Rideout, Michael Rosso, Makynlee Sands, Landon Smith, My Tuyet Sou, Beckett Taylor, Huong Giang Than, Chyanne Towner , Ngoc Nguyen Bao Tran, Karl Turzik, Isaiah Ugburo, Cameron Washburn, Owen White; honors: Serenity Adams, Beckham Ade, Emma Alden, Ludovico Barosi, Samantha Brunner, Alexis Burdin, Griffin Caruso, Natalie Cavanagh, Noa Clark, Ivelin Zhivkov Dinev, Nhu Ngoc Khanh Doan, Conner Donahue, Keaten Eakright, Emmie-Lyn Elizarde, Tanyon Gibbs, Edward Hamele, Aiden Harvey, Finn Holmes, Mai Thanh Huynh, Youngpil Kim, Kassidy Lebel, Kera Lewis, Sylas Lockwood, Ashlyn Mageau, Lillian Makowski, Lee Marston, Lennon McAfee, Kristopher McLellan, Addison Menz, Lucas Mohriak Oliveira, Chau Nguyen, Akram Nkwanzi, Jaden O’Bar, Cameron Rounds, Lucas Sands, Madikhan Sapakov, Filippo Spanedda, Chloe Strout , Jaiyde True, Daniel Turgeon, Libbie Whipple.

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis yard sale will be Friday, July 24 from 8 a.

Grade 12, highest honors: Bella Buehne, Audrey Chadbourne, Arianna Crosby, Molly Goodwin, Noah Kain; high honors: Brady Ball, Brady Gaw, Ava Goulette, Brookelynn Hunt, Hope Hunt, Sadie-Mae Kelley, Elizabeth Libby-Gilbert, Kiah Nick, Isabellah Tetreault, Tyler Willey, Bear Yelverton; honors: Dawson Draper, Hannah Firth, Wyatt Johnson, Aria Lenihan, Landon McKenney.

FORT KENT — The University of Maine at Fort Kent held its 144th commencement exercises May 9 at the UMFK Sports Center.

Grade 12, high honor roll: Liam Atkinson, Sean Chenkin, Brooklyn Decker, Amara Driscoll, Julian Gauvin, Kaitlynn McMahon, Jareth Williams; honor roll: Vegas Carey, Emily Higgins, Connor Jay, Gavin LaPointe, Ethan Lewis, Caysie Moore, Aidan Murano, Kevan Royal, Darreth Santos, Travis Tougas, Gage Yenchochic.

GREENVILLE — Fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables will once again be available to the Greenville community at no cost at a Produce Pop-Up Market scheduled for Wednesday, July 22 from 11:30 a.

FALMOUTH – Maine Cancer Foundation recently awarded seven Cancer Prevention grants, totaling $466,328.

Contributed photoPERIOD ATTIRE — On July 2 Cobb Camp #68 and Douty Camp #11 Sons of Union Veterans and Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23 met at the Hall of Flags in Augusta as part of an event honoring Sgt.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A public hearing on the Mayo Mill Dam will be at 6:30 p.

MONSON — Maine’s visual comedian and new vaudevillian Randy Judkins will perform at Monson’s Summerfest on Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce invites the community to celebrate the official grand opening and ribbon cutting for Riverside Grill on Saturday, July 18 at 1016 South St.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony helped celebrate the grand opening of Lavery’s Gift Shop and Café on Saturday morning, July 11.

GREENVILLE — A half dozen street names are now in place for the forthcoming Northern Forest Center housing development off Spruce Street.