Over a half dozen groups of paddlers tried to traverse the Lake Hebron cove from the boat launch to the Lakeshore House dock during the Anything Floats Race on the afternoon of Saturday, July 21 during the annual Monson Summer Festival.

Early in its existence the Dexter Historical Society received a donation of negatives and photos from Bert Lincoln Call, a photographer in Dexter from 1886 until the early 1940s. Call's stock-in-trade was portraiture of local citizens, but his passion was for the woods, lakes and rivers of northern Maine which he visited annually.

Castlebay plays at the Wayside Theatre at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 28. Since 1986, Castlebay has been weaving together Maine's nautical and British Isles legacies transporting their audience through time and across the Atlantic. Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee’s traditional and original songs are supported with Celtic harp, 12-string guitar, fiddle and woodwinds.

The Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society is pleased to announce Ken Hatchette’s latest book “The Canadian Pacific Railroad in Brownville Junction, Maine 1886 to 1963” is available now at the Parish House Museum on Church Street, Simple Sacks on the Main Road and the Milo and Points North Visitors Center on the Gerrish Road.

An event-packed day for all the family will be at the 2018 Monson Summer Festival on Saturday, July 21.

The Abbot Town Hall will be the location of the first annual reunion of students who attended school in Abbot, which organizers hope will become an annual event. A potluck picnic is planned to start at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 29 and this is a rain or shine event.

The 12th annual Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival runs Wednesday, July 18 to Saturday, July 21 at The Center for Moosehead History, 6 Lakeview Street in downtown Greenville.

The second annual Mid-Summer Night’s Gala Dinner Dance will be on the evening of Friday, July 27 aboard the Steamship Katahdin. In March the Holy Family Church in Greenville dedicated its brand new church in March. With only 5 percent of the fundraising left, the parish is sponsoring a dinner/dance cruise aboard the Katahdin with all ticket proceeds going to the church building fund.

A parade through the village once again helped celebrate the annual Fourth of July festivities in Sebec.

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is excited to announce its fun, new series “Families in the Outdoors.” District staff invite the public to register for this series of three half-day programs, each with a different and fun theme and all featuring games, exploration, learning, special guests, hands-on activities and fun for the whole family.

The Guilford Memorial Library's children's summer programming will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11 with "Fiddlin Around the Library." The children's programming will continue each Wednesday throughout July and into the first day of August.

One successful, researched, body-based, SAMHSA evidence-based treatment is Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. At 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 12 at Central Hall in Dover-Foxcroft, a filmed presentation of David Emerson, MA, developer of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, will be available for viewing by any interested community members wanting to learn about how to discharge trauma using this technique.

This July, squash boredom and spice up your summer routine at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft. On tap, a fun mix of engaging programs that will appeal to all ages.

The Center Theatre recently announced that registration is open for both sessions of the Children's Summer Drama Camp. The camp, which is the Theatre's longest running program, brings kids together from across the community for two weeks to work together to produce a one-act play.

Join us at the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District at one of several public libraries throughout Piscataquis County for a free presentation about watersheds. Using a large scale model, everyone will get to participate in “making rain” over a watershed and watch what happens in the course of the journey. There will be activities for all ages to help better understand what a watershed is.

The Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society met on June 24 at the Parish House Museum. Yes, the museum is open for the season. Volunteers staff the museum on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m through September or by appointment (call 965-8070 or 943-7791).

The Sebec Village Associates will have a day of events on the Fourth of July next week, with proceeds benefiting the Reading Room. The day on Wednesday, July 4 starts with a breakfast at the Sebec Village Community Christian Church from 7-9 a.m.

On Friday, July 6 Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will host its monthly “First Friday” public discussion from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Abbott Memorial Library on “What is a Microgrid?”