Funeral home records are one of the resources that many genealogists know exist, but few family hunters have used them. That may be because many don’t know how to locate funeral home records or feel they would have little to offer beyond what can be found in an obituary or on a cemetery tombstone. That’s not the case. Well-kept funeral home records can prove to be a goldmine for a genealogist with some details not found on a death certificate.

Twenty-four runners took part in the 16th annual Camden National Bank Moose on the Run 5K on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 8, starting and ending at C.A. Dean Memorial Hospital. Nearly $2,0000 in net proceeds from the race will support the Greenville Rec Program.

As part of Homecoming festivities, the seventh class of the Foxcroft Academy Athletic Hall of Fame was formally inducted on Oct. 6. Over the last six years, 44 former Ponies have been enshrined and the Class of 2017 includes six new members

Fresh off the press, printed copies of Ken Hatchette’s new book “More Than a Train Yard and a Whistle Stop: The Canadian Pacific Railway in Brownville Junction 1886 to 1963” are now available for purchase. The author will be visiting the Parish House Museum at 72 Church Street Oct. 13-15 to meet those who have purchased or wish to buy the book.

On Sept. 29 Piscataquis Community High School’s Positive Action Team organized a school-wide yellow tulip garden planting. This garden is part of The Yellow Tulip Project – a movement started by Maine high school student Julia Hansen who lost two close friends to suicide her sophomore year.

There are good reasons for those who care about such things to fret about the future sustainability of our American hunting heritage. Recently, in an address to the members of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) – an iconic leader in modern wildlife conservation-- well-known conservationist, Shane Mahoney, talked about the future. Some of his points:

I walk to the St. Augustine, Fla., beach to watch the sun rise on my second day of trying to make sense of whatever principalities of darkness possessed Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock. How frustrating that Mr. Paddock, to avoid capture, killed himself; taking with him, apparently, our best source for knowing the reasons for his wholly unreasonable madness.

On Friday, Sept. 29 the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) hosted the grade 5-6 classes from Piscataquis Community Elementary School (PCES) in Guilford at the district’s Demonstration Forest for a day of natural resource discovery.

The Dover Low Vision Group invites the public to join in the 2017 White Cane Walk on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Dover-Foxcroft. Participants will meet in The Mill parking lot at 10 a.m., head up East Main Street to Rite Aid and then turn back with a meeting at The Mill after to socialize.

Mayo Regional Hospital was recognized for meeting the Gold level in the 2017 Gold Star Standards of Excellence Program for efforts to prohibit smoke and tobacco use on campus and address client tobacco use.