Outpatient Medical Director Dr. Elizabeth Dennis worked with her management team and colleagues at Mayo Regional Hospital in an effort to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use. When patients presented for care and were diagnosed with bronchitis or another viral illness,

In Maine we are fortunate to have access to thousands of acres of public land, which we can hike, explore and learn from. The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) would like to extend a warm welcome for all to enjoy a day or more at our two public lands – the Law Farm and the Demonstration Forest.

Upcoming fall events

Approximately $1,300 was raised through a sporting goods prize drawing to benefit the area’s Hooked on Fishing program, which helps gets youth involved in the activity, during an open house at the newly-opened Mountain's Sport Shop in Dover-Foxcroft over the Labor Day weekend.

At a recent meeting of the Three Rivers Kiwanis Club of Milo-Brownville at Kiwanis Headquarters in Milo, President Brenda Kelley honored member Edwin Treworgy with a Proclamation for a Lifetime of Achievement.

The executive committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) is seeking nominations for the annual Warren "Pete" Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC in December. Date and location will be disclosed soon.

Dr. Richard Swett of Dover-Foxcroft was recently recognized at the annual banquet of the Maine Medical Association with a 50-year pin celebrating his graduation from Yale Medical School in 1967.

The public is invited to the Tracy Hibbard Kasprzak Cancer Treatment Center dedication ceremony and open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 23 at Mayo Regional Hospital. There will be a short dedication, ribbon cutting and dignitary remarks, followed by tours of the center and light refreshments.

At 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, the Abbott Memorial Library will host a local authors night. Five authors will be present to read and discuss their books. Signed copies will be available for purchase and refreshments will be served.

Judy Gilbert, president of the Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International -- a professional honorary society of leading women educators -- recently presented Miss Sarah Chipman with the society's 50-year membership pin.

Pilots and spectators alike came to Greenville over the weekend for the 44th International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept. 7-10.

Upcoming events across the region

Bonnie Page of Bangor, left, was the winner of the Sarah Elizabeth Palmer Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans quilt raffle, with a drawing

Again in the 2017-18 academic year SeDoMoCha Elementary School families will have the opportunity to read together as part of a shared reading experience through the eighth annual One Book, One School program. For about a month through early October students and family members will read and discuss “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” and then be able to attend an ending celebration on Thursday, Oct. 5.

If your backyard is home to a pet pig, dog, cat or goat, mark your calendar. The Dover-Foxcroft Tractor Supply Company is welcoming all leashed, friendly animals to visit the store during Pet Appreciation Week Sept. 13-17.

The late Lois Trask, who passed in 2016, was honored with the placement of a granite memorial in downtown Milo on Sept. 1.

M. Michelle Hood, FACHE, president and CEO of EMHS announced that Teresa “Terri” Vieira, MHA, FACHE, has been named president of Sebasticook Valley Health (SVH) and Charles A Dean Memorial Hospital. Vieira has led SVH since 2013 and has been acting president at C. A. Dean since 2017.

Pilots from across the country and Canada are expected to attend the popular International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept. 7-10, which also draws some of the biggest crowds of the summer season to the Moosehead Lake region.