The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is pleased to present a morning wild edible foraging workshop on Saturday, June 1 with Maine naturalist and author Tom Seymour. Seymour has presented wild plant seminars across the state and district officials are excited to welcome him to Piscataquis County.

The Blacksmith Shop Museum, located at 107 Dawes Road in Dover-Foxcroft, will be opening for the season on Memorial Day weekend. The building will be open most days from 9 a.m to sunset -- admission is free.

Attention veterans and surviving spouses of veterans. On Wednesday, May 22 the American Legion service officer will be at the Milo American Legion Post 41, 18 West Main Street, from 1-4 p.m.

In this column, I've been writing an awful lot about what the new administration of Gov. Janet Mills and her allies in the Legislature have been doing.

The pulse of life. Heroic emergency workers will fight to try and save it. Medical advancements are made in a desperate search to heal and prolong its energy.

No one can say for certain whether the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is willing to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed the right of women to receive an abortion. But Republicans in Alabama and Georgia and liberals on the court itself seem to think it’s a real possibility.

Following the launch of an integrated health record system that combined multiple medical records into one record for each patient, Mayo Regional Hospital announces the launch of a new billing system.

Sometimes words cannot adequately express one’s grief. Some bereaved individuals would rather not talk about their losses. Allowing grief to express itself through creative processes can be very helpful and fulfilling; it doesn’t require one to talk and share their grief verbally in a group.

In rural Maine the ownership and use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) of every make and description has become a way of life. This ATV presence has taken off like a rocket leaving the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. According to Maine state officials, ATVs generate $250 million a year in revenue.

The 48th year of the Foxcroft Academy Key Club has been a record-breaking one. At the 70th annual New England & Bermuda District Education Conference, the club received a number of awards.