DEXTER — Wayside Grange & Theatre is excited to invite you, your family and friends, and new friends  with the second Sunday brunch of the 2023 season on June 25 from 11 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — An art exhibition featuring the works of Bruce Towle will take place on Friday, June 30 from 5 to 8 p.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Long before he made his name as a saxophone player in both his own projects and as a member of the Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Coffin was a 9-year-old kid in Dexter, Maine, trying to pick out which instrument he was going to play in elementary school band.

MONSON — The first contra dance of the season at Monson’s Finn Hall, on Route 15, is coming on Saturday, June 24 at 7 p.

GUILFORD — Join us on Thursday, June 22 at 2 p.

MONSON — “Northwoods: Absence and Presence The art of Alan Bray and Poetry of Wesley McNair,” an exhibit that explores the relationship of people to place in Northern New England, opens on Friday, June 16 and runs through Oct.

MILO — On Tuesday, June 6 Milo Garden Club members held the final meeting of the club’s 93rd year.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer its hands-on virtual summer learning series July 5 to Aug.

GUILFORD — The Guilford United Methodist Church welcomes all to our Intergenerational Vacation Bible School from June 19-22.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Blacksmith Shop Museum, located on the Dawes Road in Dover-Foxcroft, is now open for the summer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Spring into summer at the contra dance from 7-10 p.

DEXTER — Wayside Grange & Theatre is excited to host Greg Boardman, Maine’s premier fiddler and founder of  the famous Maine Fiddle Camp, among other numerous accolades.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society invites all who love history to our Wednesday, June 7 meeting at the Central Hall Commons at 7 p.

MILO — The Milo Garden Club will hold its annual meeting at the Kiwanis Building at noon on Tuesday, June 6.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer Maine’s beloved Whoopie Pie Festival, which draws thousands to Dover-Foxcroft each summer, will return June 24 — this year with VIP entrance and parking passes to get attendees to the sweet treats faster.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of the achievement by local restaurant The Quarry, the Center Theatre will be hosting a free watch party for the James Beard Awards presentation starting at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities is very excited to announce preparations are in full swing for their very popular and largest fundraiser and summer tradition – the Kiwanis Auction — to be held July 27–30 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover-Foxcroft.

Each spring and fall the Greenville Junction Friends, a nonprofit group from Greenville, sends out its newsletter “The Scoot”, which was named for a vehicle that they used on the railroad tracks years ago for track inspection.