The Dexter Regional High School field hockey program is very much a family affair. Margaret Veazie, who guided the Tigers to six state Class C championships, stepped down after last season and has left her two daughters to run the show. Brittany McAllister and Kristy Staples were two of her assistant coaches last year, but now Brittany is the head coach and Kristy has remained an assistant.

The Piscataquis County Extension Association will hold its annual meeting from 5-7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 at Dover Foxcroft Congregational Church, 824 West Main Street, There will be a brief business meeting before supper, featuring pork loins from Farm in the Woods in Monson, served by DKB Catering of Greenville.

The Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is co-hosting a “Climate Change: Forest & Ecosystem Impacts” presentation with the University of Maine’s Piscataquis County Extension Office, and the Natural Resource Education Center at Moosehead (NREC). It will be held Friday, Nov. 9 at the Center for Moosehead History, 6 Lakeview Street in downtown Greenville, and will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

Doors at the East Sangerville Grange open at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3 for its renowned annual Holiday Craft Fair.

Land is a valuable resource and asset to residents of Piscataquis County. Those that have land have passion for maintaining, using and protecting it. Additionally, most landowners have hopes and dreams for the future of their land. With all this in mind, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) has hosted several land future planning (succession) workshops over the past three years and are thrilled to be hosting speaker Jessica Leahy for an evening program from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Monson Arts Center to discuss planning a future for your land.

The top-seeded Fort Kent Community High School boys soccer team defeated eighth-ranked Dexter High School 9-2 in a Class C North quarterfinal match Monday, Oct. 22 in Fort Kent.

Upcoming events around the region.

I have known Bruce Poliquin for over a decade. He is hard working, extremely capable, and works well with all sides for the good of Maine people. Bruce was state treasurer while I was in the Maine Legislature.

Tyler Adkins, a former student of mine, is a young man who grew up in Monson, attended Foxcroft Academy, left the state to attend college, and become an entrepreneur in alternative energy. He has returned because he values Piscataquis County and the way of life it could represent. But he recognizes the drawback.

On Nov. 6, Maine voters will decide four questions asking to borrow a total of $200 million.