AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education announced the return of “Hot Lunch Summer,” the state’s summer food service program which provides free meals to children beyond the school year.

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

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.

Observer photo/Jeannette HughesFIND THE WHOOPIE PIE CONTEST WINNER — Susan Cannon of Atkinson is the grand prize winner of the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Whoopie Pie Contest.

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

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

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.

GUILFORD — Puritan Medical Products — the world’s most trusted manufacturer of swabs — announced that the company will attend two international trade shows this summer, exhibiting its world-renowned swabs and other products.

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.

GUILFORD — Local educators Olivia Dow and Jessica Buckingham will join Pine Tree Camp staff this summer when Pine Tree Society brings “Camp on the Road” to Guilford.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

MILO — The American Legion in Milo has coffee, donuts, and  social time every Wednesday from 9 a.

SEBEC — The Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent #23, Daughters of Union Veterans and Col.

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

Credit unions across the state are coming together to support the fourth annual $100,000 Ending Hunger Challenge.

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.