The captain and crew of the steamboat Katahdin steered the smoking, drifting vessel carrying 66 people safely back to the dock after its two engines failed at the start of a pleasure cruise Friday on Moosehead Lake.

Whether you are interested in the allied health field, such as preparing for medical assisting, nursing or medical office technology, education, business, hospitality and tourism, mental health, a liberal studies pathway or many other technology fields, join a fall open house on Thursday, Aug. 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 50 Mayo Street. Fall 2018 semester classes begin Aug. 27.

For me, Maine bogs have always held an allure. It may be the deer hunter in me. The buck of my dreams is always seen in a bog, ghosting its way silently on the mossy ground, weaving slowly between gnarled old cedar trees and grey, weathered deadfall.

As Americans, we have the resources and compassion to rise to this crisis for our fellow human beings. Learn more about the refugees at our Mexican border and how we can help by attending Keeping Families Together at the Thompson Free Library from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5 in Dover-Foxcroft.

On Thursday, Aug. 9 at 1 p.m. at Central Hall in Dover-Foxcroft, NAMI Piscataquis County will show its second offering from the Sounds True-Healing Trauma Summit called “EFT to Heal Trauma,” featuring speaker Dawson Church. This video presentation will be helpful to those experiencing intrusive memories of bad events, insomnia, nightmares and flashbacks.

A new season is fast approaching with the start of preseason practices less than a month away, but first comes a final punctuation point on the 2017 campaign when the top seniors from last fall clash Saturday in the 29th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which benefits the Shriners Hospitals for Children of North America, at Hill Stadium on the campus of Thornton Academy in Saco.

The Foxcroft Youth Track program took part in a USATF Maine Group D meet on July 19 at the Brewer Community School.

Bissell Brothers, among the most popular of Portland-based craft breweries, has opened its long-awaited expansion in Milo. The new brewery, dubbed Bissell Brothers Three Rivers, opened Saturday, July 14 at 157 Elm Street, featuring food from Dover-Foxcroft-based Spruce Mill Farm & Kitchen, and eight taps featuring a rotating array of Bissell Brothers brews, including two Milo-only beers: Waveform, a wild IPA, and Square 3, a barrel-aged saison.

A hiker who was rescued out from the Appalachian Trail two weeks ago after falling ill was carried out again Tuesday, July 17 after another bout of sickness.

I’ve seen a few Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trips get cut short because people were ill prepared for black flies. A couple years ago, we had two young women that started their trip at Chamberlain Bridge who were desperate to get out of the waterway by the time they got to Churchill Dam.