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Second annual whoopie pie sale for Jimmy Mike’s birthday

SEBEC — Last year, the first ever Whoopie Pie Sale in Celebration of Jimmy Mike’s Birthday was held and raised over $1,400 for the Sebec Reading Room and the Ecumenical Food Cupboard in Milo (now Dyer’s Hope House).

Presentation on 1963 B-52 crash at Bangor Public Library

BANGOR — Join the Penobscot County Genealogy Society members in listening to a presentation by author Joseph Wax.

Smith musical duo to perform at Sept. 9 Tea Talks

By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — The last outdoor Tea Talks musical performance for the summer season will be held at Wayside Park on Thursday, Sept.

Center Theatre holding auditions for fall production

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and Slightly Off-Center Players community theater group announced that they are holding auditions for their fall production of “Escanaba in da Moonlight.

Seaplane Fly-In brings planes and people to Greenville

GREENVILLE — Pilots from across Maine and the country are expected to attend the popular International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept.

Maine Whoopie Pie Festival canceled due to COVID

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre announced on Sept.

Piscataquis Valley Fair returns

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromPULLING THEIR WEIGHT — Driver Mike Kirkpatrick of Whitefield and R&R Windows of Easthampton, Massachusetts guides Henry and Howie to a first-place performance in the 3,200 class of the horse pull at the 134th Piscataquis Valley Fair in Dover-Foxcroft on Aug.

MaineCF’s Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund awards grants to Monson Arts and Main Street Art Studio, Inc.

ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND – The Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation has awarded $107,901 to 12 organizations across Maine that promote traditional handcrafts.

Gatherings 4 Main Street opens with community purpose

By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — In 2019 Gatherings 4 Main Street, the site of Dexter’s Seventh Day Adventist Church, opened under the direction of Dawn Tritch, the then assistant minister.

Center Theatre holding Whoopie Pie Eating Contest

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft announced that it will be holding a Whoopie Pie Eating Contest as a fundraiser on Sunday, Sept.

Cool off at one of these Maine swimming spots

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff With temperatures set to climb into the 90s today and much of the state under a heat advisory, many Mainers will be trying to stay cool.

‘Brush With Nature,’ Maine Audubon’s inaugural plein air painting event debuts this September

Recent studies have shown that time spent in nature sparks and improves creativity, along with its other many benefits.

Take comfort with Thompson Free Library

By Kim Brawn In the before times, uncertainty seemed at arm’s length.

Three Rivers Kiwanis auction Sept. 11

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis has held an auction every year for many years yet things have changed for all of us.

FA Alumni Jazz Band to play Wayside Park

DEXTER — The Foxcroft Academy Alumni Jazz Band will play at 6 p.

The man who ran Piscataquis County’s Enchanted Forest can’t wait to get back to the woods

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Once upon a time, in a land not very far away, there was a man who lived near an enchanted forest.

Northern Forest Center donates $10,000 for new Greenville park

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp.

Harrigan Learning Center and Museum presents ‘A World Shaped by Ice’

MILO — The Harrigan Learning Center and Museum is pleased to present David S.

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