MILO — Ninety-five years ago in 1930, a group of women with a common interest in gardening wanted to share their knowledge and talents with others in their small neighboring communities in Piscataquis County.

GUILFORD — Last October news broke that the Piscataquis Regional YMCA on Park Street in Dover-Foxcroft would be closing in the immediate future with financial reasons being cited for the closure of the facility that had been in operation since 1988.

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Photos courtesy of SeDoMoCha SchoolAUTHOR VISIT — Maine author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen, best known for his his beloved children’s books, including “The Circus Ship”, “If I Built a School”, “If I Built a Car” and “Learning to Ski with Mr.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups and individuals using their voices and instruments to perform traditional folk songs, sea shanties, ukulele, chorus and band.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts and Slightly Off-Center Players community theatre group launched their production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” on May 9.

GUILFORD — The Guilford United Methodist Church, 3 School St.

MILO — On Sunday May 18 the Harrigan Learning Center and Museum will be opening for the season.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On a rainy, dreary Saturday in April, the volunteers of Pine Tree Hospice presented the group’s 29th Variety Show and created a little sunshine at the Center Theatre for the 100 attendees.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts is producing Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!”  According to Patrick Myers, the Center Theatre’s executive director, it will be the biggest musical at the theatre in years.

MILO — The Milo Garden Club will hold its May meeting on the 13th at 1 p.

GUILFORD — Plans are well underway for the 2025 Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club of Dover-Foxcroft sponsored a club high school art show on Monday, April 7 at Foxcroft Academy.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolOVERALL WINNER — Chloe Murdock was the overall winner for Dexter Regional High School of the “Manie Musicale 2025” competition in the French classes.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Shift happens.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Shiretown Singers community choir announces its debut concert “How Can I Keep From Singing?” at 3 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Register and join us for a morning bird walk on Saturday, May 17 as we explore springtime birds at the Law Farm Nature Trails in Dover-Foxcroft.

GUILFORD — For the two and half months prior to April vacation, Piscataquis Community Elementary School families read E.