GREENVILLE — Schools from all over the state submitted proposals to the Brunswick-based Maine Environmental Education Association’s (MEEA) Mini-Grant for Outdoor Learning Program.

Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Thanksgiving Day Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Thursday, Nov.

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar for aspiring or current hobby orchardists and commercial growers about growing fruit trees in Maine from noon–1 p.

MILO — As many of you know, we at the Three Rivers Kiwanis were unable to hold our annual auction and many other fundraisers that we hold each year, such as the canoe race, breakfasts and dinners.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like most organizations and businesses in Maine and beyond, Pine Tree Hospice operations were greatly altered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger has launched a new fundraising initiative.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Swimmers anxiously waiting to return to the Piscataquis Regional YMCA pool in Dover-Foxcroft will have to wait another three to four weeks.

DEXTER — VFW Post 4298 in Dexter is hosting a free Thanksgiving meal for the public from 11 a.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s hard for a motorist to miss Finestkind Tree Farms while traveling north along Route 15 toward the Piscataquis County seat.

AUGUSTA — An ecologist, clean energy entrepreneur, community activist and long-time North Woods advocate have been recognized by Maine’s leading environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), for their significant, long-lasting contributions to protecting the nature of Maine.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Less than two months after reaching record-low levels, the Piscataquis River is back in the flow.

DEXTER — The Dexter Historical Society voted in officers for 2020-21 at the monthly meeting on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, 824 West Main Street, will serve a takeout/drive-thru only Thanksgiving dinner from 6-7 p.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension and University of Vermont Extension, has been awarded $328,191 in support of developing and delivering remote STEM and agricultural sciences programming to rural K–12 students across the three-state region.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, with its high steeple and town clock, has stood at the heart of Dover Foxcroft since 1851.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the third Thursday of November every year, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) leads National Rural Health Day, an annual day of celebration that shines a light on those serving the vital health needs of an estimated 57 million people living in rural America.

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College held its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony virtually Oct.