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Smashing into a brick wall can be painful whether with your body, car, or in your genealogical research.

  Surviving the hospital By Milt Gross You shouldn’t need to survive in a hospital.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom  Participants in a kilometer fun run take off on Park Street by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft during last year’s Healthy Kids Day.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, May 21 the Abbot-based JD Foundation — a nonprofit organization serving the state through suicide prevention and anti-bullying and education by providing holistic approaches and helpful tools to individuals who seek such support — is planning the inaugural five kilometer Walk to Wake the Silence.

GUILFORD — Saturday, May 14 is the Guilford Maine Community Pride Clean-Up Day — see the Facebook page of the same name.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — The month of May finds the Thompson Free Library participating in community events and hosting interesting programs.

GUILFORD — Courtney Davis, a radiologic technology student at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, has been selected to participate in the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) 2016 Student Leadership Development Program.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce is the proud new owner of an Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED) provided by MCD Public Health and the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council through the “Promoting Early CPR and Defibrillation Through HeartSafe Communities” grant.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — For the first time since 2013, Penquis Valley High School has enough players to field a softball team.