GREENVILLE – Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is pleased to welcome Ashley Hamilton-Ellis, FNP, to its provider team.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — Libraries are like dim sum and tapas — small bites loaded with big flavor.

DEXTER— Ruth Gahagan, Velma Castonguay, and Judy Bougie from the Holy Rosary Blanket Ministry in Caribou recently traveled to Dexter to visit a newly organized blanket ministry in the Parish of Our Lady of Snows.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals are pleased to welcome family practitioner Kristin Hartt, MD to their healthcare teams and to their communities.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library brings you two great family-friendly activities on Thursday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting at the Central Hall Commons, 152 East Main Street, from 10-11:30 a.

GUILFORD — As part of the annual Piscataquis River Festival, the Guilford United Methodist on School Street serves a buffet breakfast — by donation — from 7-9 a.

GUILFORD — Northern Light Mayo Hospital, Northern Light Medical Transport, and the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety are partnering to offer free car seat safety checks at the Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford on Saturday, July 29.

MONSON — There will be a Finn dance at Monson Finn Hall on Route 15 at 7 p.

MILO — Join us in welcoming our new principal to the Penquis Valley School complex from 6-7 p.

MILO – On Thursday, Aug.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — The Moosehead Lake Kiwanis Club will be holding its annual auction on Sunday, Aug.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation granted $195,000 to 23 nonprofit organizations in Northern New England that are uplifting their communities.

MONSON — A musket and accompanying bayonet that had belonged to a Monson area veteran of the Civil War and had been a family heirloom for the last few decades, will now be a part of the Monson Historical Society.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom NOT DAMPENING THEIR ENTHUSIASM — Some young parade participants threw out candy during a parade to kick off Monson Summerfest on the morning of Saturday, July 15.

By Jon Knepp, Thompson Free Library director DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft is excited to announce that we have received a grant from the Maine State Library totaling over $96,000 as part of MSL’s Remote Work Through Libraries Program.

MONSON — There will be a Finn dance at the Monson Finn Hall on Route 15 at 7 p.

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