Let's get one thing straight from the start: I love dogs. Sally, probably the last dog I will ever have, needed to be put down a few years back, after she was mauled by my neighbor's unleashed Saint Bernard. I wrote about it at the time. It was a dreadful experience.

Three area senior football players and one cheering team member from the region have been selected to participate in the 2017 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 15 at Thornton Academy in Saco.

Charles A Dean Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the completion of the expanded Northwoods Clinic in Sangerville. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, April 25 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Northwoods Healthcare at 22 Haley Court.

When fools build a caricature and call it a crown, Blindness is bliss in the new double down.

Pine Tree Hospice will host a workshop to help individuals and families navigate planning for later life. Kim Cavanagh, Esq. will present “Elder Law” on May 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Charlotte White Center at 572 Bangor Road.

Guitarist Denny Breau performs on Saturday, April 29 at 7 p.m. at the Wayside Theatre. Breau’s rhythmically flawless and dazzlingly clear guitar style allows him to mix folk, Delta blues, country and jazz with ease.

Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR held its first meeting of 2017 on April 9 at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover Foxcroft. The meeting was a planning session for the upcoming year

The following cases were heard under the Piscataquis Criminal Docket at the Dover-Foxcroft Courthouse during the months of January through March, 2017

Calendar of upcoming events in April and May

The Canadian Pacific Railway Depot in Greenville Junction, Piscataquis County, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, according to Kirk F. Mohney, director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. This designation indicates that the property has been documented, evaluated and considered worthy of preservation and protection as part of the nation's cultural heritage.