The Piscataquis County Democrats held a recent monthly meeting on Sept. 9 at the Shaw Public Library in Greenville.

Students at Foxcroft Academy and the SeDoMocha School are invited to take part in a contest for the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department.

The Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo-Brownville extends a very big thank you to the United Bikers of Maine for the bags of toys they donated.

The best government is the government that governs least and local governance is the best governance. The free market is the best purveyor of healthcare. Unfortunately, our government has violated these proven truths and now we are caught in the tentacles of their misdeeds, Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Recently, I have come to believe that the issue of free expression on college campuses, and specifically how it is today restricted, is the biggest threat to the future of the American republic that we face.

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There's no doubt the immediacy of the Internet has coarsened public discourse. Not everywhere online, but, it seems, in more and more places. Of course, the same can be said of a coarsening of our culture in other areas. That is, language most people not too long ago avoided in public, if not in all areas of their lives, is now commonplace on television, in the movies, on radio, in music, and certainly in print.

If we are going to save the American health care system, we need your help -- and we need it now.

The Piscataquis 4-H Leaders’ Association would like to thank all of the businesses and individuals who participated in its 2017 4-H Silent Auction. This year was the third annual auction in the 4-H Exhibition Hall at the Piscataquis Valley Fair, and it was highly successful raising $1,018 for the scholarship fund.

Want healthy people, healthy communities and a healthy economy? With Medicaid expansion, more people will get care that keeps them healthier and saves lives. Expanding Medicaid will also help Maine’s economy.