Pine Tree Hospice brings your second chance to be named the trivia master of Piscataquis County. This fun event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at The Commons at Central Hall, 152 East Main Street.

The popular driver education platform Driving-Tests.org is now available for free at the Monson Public Library. Patrons can access Driving-Tests to start preparing for their DMV knowledge exam by visiting www.monsonmelibrary.com.

Foxcroft Academy boys soccer opened the season with a huge win by defeating Dexter Regional High School 15-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

The Foxcroft Academy field hockey team enjoyed a nice, four-year run in Class B North. Coach Stephanie Smith’s Ponies were seeded in the top three in the Heal Points standings and reached the regional semifinals in three of those four seasons. After a drop in enrollment, the Ponies find themselves in Class C this season.

Girl Scouts of Maine announced that it will host new member sign-up events for potential members and volunteers at locations throughout the state every month, including at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19 at the Ridge View Community School.

There’s a phrase, the cure is worse than the disease. Right now, Congress is aiming to give a master course on the meaning of this expression with new legislation targeting our health care system. If enacted, it would greatly harm rural Maine and my constituents.

It wasn’t the result Paul Withee wanted Sept. 7 as the Madison-Carrabec football team fell to Dexter in its first game of the season. But for the veteran coach, much like many of the players on his youthful roster, the game marked the start of a new relationship.

The Three Rivers Kiwanis annual Cruise In will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Kiwanis Headquarters, 15 Harris Pond Road off of outer Park Street. Rain date will be Sunday, Sept. 22.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County is holding a free winter care workshop for small-scale poultry producers. The program will be offered twice on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and then from 6–8:30 p.m. at the UMaine Extension office, 165 East Main Street.

I took a recent webinar which stressed the importance of using a research log to track progress in your searches. A research log allows you to list all sources and what you found or didn’t find. For example, you might list a book showing title/author/library/call number and indicate what you found. Some of these logs allow you to state your purpose in researching such as “seeking parents of John Jones”.