Observer photo/Stuart HedstromPULLING THEIR WEIGHT — Driver Mike Kirkpatrick of Whitefield and R&R Windows of Easthampton, Massachusetts guides Henry and Howie to a first-place performance in the 3,200 class of the horse pull at the 134th Piscataquis Valley Fair in Dover-Foxcroft on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Wednesday, Sept.

Maine has the distinction of being the most forested state in the country, with 89 percent of its area covered by woods.

Community members from across Penobscot County will be given an opportunity to shape priorities for community health at a special forum aimed at providing input to the region’s public health and healthcare organizations.

By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — In 2019 Gatherings 4 Main Street, the site of Dexter’s Seventh Day Adventist Church, opened under the direction of Dawn Tritch, the then assistant minister.

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

DEXTER — The SAD 46 Board of Directors authorized Superintendent Kevin Jordan to enter into an agreement with Group Mission Trips — a non-profit, interdenominational Christian volunteer home-repair group — to host a summer workcamp again next summer.

By Kim Brawn In the before times, uncertainty seemed at arm’s length.

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis has held an auction every year for many years yet things have changed for all of us.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover Foxcroft announced that it is offering a free afterschool program for area high school kids starting on Sept.

The Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is accepting grant proposals from nonprofit organizations that support community-based transportation programs, which help maintain social connections among older Mainers.

MILO — Work is progressing on the soon-to-be new home of the Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard.

Through a community effort, the Piscataquis County Democrats donated backpacks and school supplies plus checks totaling $1,000 to Penquis for the “We’ve Got Your Back” program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Ten Cent Book Summer Sale in the Thompson Free Library, 186 East Main Street, will be Thursday, Aug.

By Paula Brewer, Star Herald Staff John Adams held court in Wiscasset, Daniel Webster visited Bucksport and men planned the Revolutionary War’s first naval battle in Machias — all thanks to common public houses, or taverns.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice’s 14th annual Golf Open is co-hosted this year by internationally known Puritan Medical Products of Guilford.

By David Marino Jr.