DEXTER — The Piscataquis County Retired Educators Association met Tuesday, Nov.

BREWER — Northern Light Health is leading a statewide effort to deepen personal connection and improve the health of Mainers by putting purpose behind an often-overlooked question: How are you? The How Are You? movement brings to light that an important part of better health and healing comes through human connection.

GUILFORD — The Positive Action Team, Community Health & Counseling Services, Northern Light Mayo Hospital, and SAD 4 are holding a community dinner and facilitated discussion about teen mental health on Wednesday, Nov.

MONSON — On Saturday, Dec.

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

PARKMAN — Santa is coming to the Parkman Grange on Saturday, Dec.

MONSON — Monson’s annual Kris Kringle’s Market will be held on Saturday, Dec.

Santa and the Parkman Grange need your help to fulfill the wishes of the kids in MSAD 4.

BROWNVILLE — A holiday train decked out in twinkling lights — and equipped with a boxcar that transforms into a stage for performers — plans to stop in Brownville on Wednesday, Nov.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED — Wilderness Walk for Warriors, Tradewinds Market, American Legion Post 41, and the Unit 41 Auxiliary worked together to provide food boxes to 118 Piscataquis County veteran families on Saturday, Nov.

GUILFORD — Commonly known as the Grange, the official name of the social organization encouraging families to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture is The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.

Northern Light Health will present two community holiday tree lightings in Piscataquis County this year.

GREENVILLE — Come to the Moosehead Lake Region to kick off the holiday season.

Skowhegan Savings employees packed up 1,122 ‘shoeboxes’ full of Christmas gifts to send to children across the world this week as part of Operation Christmas Child, a charitable organization that sends out gifts to children in 170 countries and territories annually, in honor of a late employee.

Through its work in the Maine food system, University of Maine Cooperative Extension conducts research and offers training, workshops, bulletins and videos that highlight proper sanitation, food preservation and safe food-handling practices, as well as healthy and budget-friendly recipes.

The Camp CaPella Charity Online Auction — set for Dec.

A new Penquis program that supports youth affected by substance use wants to expand its efforts in and around Piscataquis County.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Adopters are still needed to help provide for families in need in the towns served by RSU 68 (Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, and Sebec) through the annual initiative organized by the the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft and the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church.