Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) is sponsoring a free workshop on Saturday morning May 5 at the Abbott Memorial Library. Patti Dowse will share her extensive knowledge of how to get the most out of the amazing little package of technology that more and more of us carry in our pockets.

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It’s official, Dexter Regional High School has been named a Vans Custom Culture semifinalist. Beginning April 23 it’s up to Dexter to vote for Dexter Regional’s Custom Culture design online at https://customculture.vans.com/ for the chance to win $75,000 toward the school’s art program. Fifty schools across the U.S. are currently in the running.

From 6-8 p.m. on Friday, May 4 Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will host its monthly First Friday public meeting on the topic of healthcare by showing the film “Fixit” at the Abbott Memorial Library on Hall Street with a facilitated discussion following.

Dover-Foxcroft resident Francis Crommett celebrated his 96th birthday at Pat's Pizza in town on Saturday night. His two grandchildren came up from Massachusetts to be with him, along with many local friends.

The Sangerville Public Library has received a $450 grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

At 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 7 the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will host A & L Laboratories and speakers Matt Demers, superintendent of the Dover & Foxcroft Water District and Tom Demaso of Norlens Water LLC, a water filtration company, for a presentation on drinking water at the Morton Avenue Municipal Building.

The Wassebec Genealogical Society is sponsoring a free workshop on Sunday, May 19 in the Sebec/Borestone Rooms at Mayo Regional Hospital.

Two blood drives are scheduled for Friday, April 27. One will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greenville American Legion on Pritham Avenue and the other is scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft.

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Mes Amis, a Gypsy jazz quartet, plays at the Wayside Theatre at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. They play an infectious mix of traditional Gypsy, Latin and American jazz standards along with many original compositions.

Bishop Robert P. Deeley has announced a pair of priest assignments pertaining to Our Lady of the Snows Parish, effective on June 29.

The critically acclaimed movie “Seed: The Untold Story” will be screened at 4 p.m. on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22 the Center Theatre. After the screening, Will Bonsall the director of the Scatterseed Project, will be on hand to discuss the movie. Admission to the movie is by donation with proceeds offsetting rental costs for the Center Theatre.

The Wayside Grange and Theatre is thrilled to be the recipient of a $2,200 from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation.

Makayla McKenzie and Briana Spaulding, both of Dexter, visited the Statehouse for SkillsUSA Championship Day on April 9. During their day in Augusta the pair were congratulated by their Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville.

Nineteen pieces created by students at Foxcroft Academy and Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford were on display at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)/Miosac Club’s annual art show, which was supported by the local Kiwanis club, on March 25 in the lobby of the Center Theatre.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Joe Siccardi, a recent mid-Maine transplant, has announced the public book launch of his first book “Heaven Shining Through.