The budget referendum election will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 29 from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening at your local town hall. Be there and vote “no.”

Calendar of events for August and September

On Aug. 10 JSI Store Fixtures, Inc. and the Three River Kiwanis Club of Milo and Brownville collected $27,500 through the 13th annual Clayton Johndro Memorial Golf Tournament at the Katahdin Country Club.

The truth is, I'm stumped on the best way to approach this week’s column topic. I am aware of the Charlottesville, Va., protests, the groups involved, the senseless death of a young woman, and of others near her who were seriously injured. But I have not been, nor will I be, digging deep into the Virginia mayhem details.

The lowest form of journalism is analyzing the sufficiency of condemnations. That said, as hyperbolic and unhinged as the media's reaction to Donald Trump's statements in the wake of Charlottesville may be, they do still have a point. President Trump did not, in my opinion, say the right thing, and I wanted to hear things out of his mouth that I did not hear.

Full disclosure: I am a trustee of the Center Theatre. As such, I am predisposed to think and speak favorably about the theatre’s productions. That said, I am urging readers to take in the currently-running production of ‘Nunsense’: one of the funniest and most entertaining shows “evah!”

Good morning America from the shores of beautiful Moosehead Lake as dawn pieces the night sky and my eyes penetrates through the treetops in search of the sun rising on the horizon and the sounds of nature surrounds the Moosehead Lake region with the grandeur of the Lord’s glory and love engulfing America’s Crown Jewel.

The Church of Latter-Day Saints has announced that huge changes are about to happen with their genealogical microfilm collections and the way they can be viewed by researchers.

Steve and Diana Hobart have made a lifetime commitment of being land stewards through forestry and farming at Breakneck Ridge Farm. The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to present the Hobarts with a Lifetime Achievement Award for their decades of contributions to natural resource stewardship and for sharing their knowledge and guidance with so many others over the decades.

Congratulations go to the Gravel Crushers for winning the Piscataquis Regional YMCA Adult Co-ed Softball League on Aug. 13 as the team defeated Save-A-Lot in the championship game to complete another successful season.