This month the Penobscot Fly Fishers (PFF) celebrated its 20th anniversary. The Bangor area fishing club held a banquet for members and guests at a local events center. Following dinner and a social hour, PFF President Ed Dailide offered some opening remarks. Charter members of the organization were recognized as well as past presidents.

Judy Gilbert, president of the Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International -- a professional honorary society of leading women educators -- recently presented Miss Sarah Chipman with the society's 50-year membership pin.

The following cases were heard under the Piscataquis Criminal Docket at the Dover-Foxcroft Courthouse during the month of August.

The Maine Warden Service is seeking volunteer searchers. Maine game wardens are planning a search for missing person Diana Esteys in Medford on Sunday, Sept. 17.

The Greenville girls hosted Penobscot Valley on Saturday, Sept. 9 in the team's first home game of 2017, and the visiting Howlers won 3-0.

Pilots and spectators alike came to Greenville over the weekend for the 44th International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept. 7-10.

Upcoming events across the region

When I first started writing for this newspaper, I browsed the internet for Piscataquis County music teachers, wondering, “Are musicians making a living in Piscataquis? If so, how?”

GREENVILLE -- The Moosehead Lake Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Fly-In 5K was run on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 9 as part of the International Seaplane Fly-In.

BAXTER STATE PARK -- Baxter State Park Rangers were assisted by the Maine Forest Service in the evacuation of a hiker from Mount Katahdin on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 9.