The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)/Miosac Club will again be conducting its annual Sebec Lake Ice Out Contest in 2018. Tickets may be purchased from any club member from Feb. 15 through March 31.

The Foxcroft Academy indoor track and field closed out the 2017-18 Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League regular season with a meet at the University of Maine on Feb. 3.

“Neither Wolf Nor Dog” will be at the Center Theatre on East Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft at 2 and 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12.

My week began with reading Bryan Stevenson's “Just Mercy,” a book recommended by Maine Hospice Council Executive Director Kandyce Powell. I've worked with Kandyce on prison hospice projects. Mr. Stevenson, a lawyer, heads up the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit engaged in pro bono work for the poor, children, and women.

The January meeting of AARP’s Coffee Talk at The Mill in Dover-Foxcroft hosted speaker Beth Ranagan, president of NAMI Piscataquis County. The presentation focused on mental health programs available to area residents through NAMI Maine and the local affiliate.

Dover-Foxcroft Fire Chief Joseph Guyotte met with Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangeville and Rep. Norm Higgins, I-Dover-Foxcroft at a Legislative breakfast in Augusta on Feb. 1.

Mayo Regional Hospital organized and hosted an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) conference and training program on Jan. 27 on the hospital campus. The conference was a collaboration between the Mayo EMS Service, the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Service (KPTI) at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft.

Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville has announced local transportation projects included in the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) work plan for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 calendar years.

There’s a horrific type of child abuse happening right here in Maine, and we must stop it. It is graphic and disturbing. No child should ever be subjected to violence, especially when leaves them permanently disfigured and interferes with normal bodily functions.

Eighth-grader Nathanael Brown emerged as the last speller standing during the eighth annual SeDoMoCha Middle School District Spelling Bee on the evening of Jan. 9.