It’s a busy month at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft. We’ve worked hard to wipe “There’s nothing to do” from your vocabulary.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” opens at the Center Theatre Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Dexter Women's Literary Club held its annual Dexter Regional High School art show and contest at the Abbott Memorial Library March 29 through April 7.

Lawrence G. Holmquist of Monson has bequeathed $20,000 to Piscataquis Community High School to establish two $1,000 student/athlete scholarships to be awarded annually.

New York State's gain is Maine's loss. I was surprised and sad to learn this week that Darn Good Yarn is no longer in Sebec, Maine.

Five Maine parishes have been named recipients of the 2017 Matthew 25 Awards, including the Holy Family Parish in Greenville and Rockwood. The Holy Family Parish will receive $3,000 to assist in purchasing and installing a generator for the new church being constructed in Greenville.

FairPoint Communications1 has announced the completion of broadband expansion projects in Piscataquis County that extend and enhance FairPoint’s approximately 18,000-mile fiber optic network.

Since the passage of Question 2 on last November's ballot, the debate over it has centered around the question of taxes. Does Maine want to have, depending on how you count it, the highest or second-highest income tax rate in the country? Is that what Maine people voted for, or were they just trying to vote for some vague concept of "better schools"? Just how bad will the flight of wealth from Maine to other states be? How many people will decide to never move here because of the new tax rate? What will be the impact on jobs?

The Husson University women's basketball recently added some depth to the front and back courts, receiving a commitment from Emma Alley and Abby Simpson. Simpson is a forward from Foxcroft Academy, while Alley is a guard from Stearns High School in Millinocket.

From the Maine fisheries biologists, who candidly concede that early April fishing can be an angling challenge, here are some early fishing spot ideas released by IF&W the last week in April.: