Sebasticook Valley Health (SVH) is pleased to welcome two past SVH employees to its current board of trustees.

    SANGERVILLE — Now that the spring weather has arrived, volunteers are needed at the Sangerville Bean Hill Community Forest Woodlot to work on the tree plantings started in May 2013.

    MONSON — Dance the traditional Finnish dances — schottische, polka, waltz and foxtrot — to music led by Alexandra Conover Bennett on accordion on the evening of Saturday, May 24 from 7:30-10:30 p.

    Wednesday, May 14 — Beef stew, cauliflower, wheat roll and dessert.

Senior Mattersby Meg Callaway     The Piscataquis County Thriving in Place (TiP) project, funded by the Maine Health Access Foundation, is all about helping people with chronic health conditions stay in their homes and communities by making sure they have what they need when they need it.

    Wednesday, May 7 — Vegetable lasagna, green and yellow beans, wheat roll and dessert.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thompson Free Library from 10 to 11:30 a.

    For the seventh straight year, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation will donate $100,000 to nonprofits across Maine as part of the annual Community Matters More program.

    DEXTER — Dexter’s Senior Garden begins its second season on Saturday, May 3 at 8 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA has made many recent renovations to the facility and  the community is invited to come and celebrate with a grand reopening from 9 to 10 a.

HONORED IN AUGUSTA Photo courtesy of Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center Dwight (Woody) Woodworth, a resident of the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center in Dover-Foxcroft, recently received a “Remember Me” award from the Maine Health Care Association.

    SANGERVILLE — Folks who live in Piscataquis County and surrounding towns are invited to come to the East Sangerville Grange from 11 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On May 4 at Mayo Regional Hospital families and business leaders will join together in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies — the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive.

    Wednesday, April 30 — Chop suey, yellow wax beans, wheat roll and dessert.

    Wednesday, April 23 — Pulled pork, mashed sweet potato, confetti corn, wheat roll and dessert.

    Wednesday, April 16 — Meatloaf with creamy onion gravy, spinach mashed potato, wheat roll and dessert.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department is piloting an innovative approach to patient centered care in a limited paramedicine trial program they have named Community Mobile Health Systems (CMHS).

Staff Report    AUGUSTA — The family of a Vietnam War hero from Dexter was presented with a legislative sentiment and an American flag that flew over the State House in a ceremony in Augusta last week.