This summer one may see kids carrying “passports” around Dover-Foxcroft. The Piscataquis Passport encourages kids to have free summer meals as well as enjoy other activities in the community. Sign-up for the Passport will be at SeDoMoCha School on Thursday, June 22 and Friday, June 23 from 11 a.m. to noon.

The Piscataquis County Retired Educators Association met at the Bear's Den May 23 with 12 members present.

On Monday, June 19 please join the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) for our summer quarterly meeting at the newly completed Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Medawisla Lodge located northeast of Greenville.

Calendar of upcoming events

Dexter Regional High School recently conducted an art competition for the design of the 2017 graduation final assembly program cover.

May Students of the Month at Dexter Regional High School

2017 Foxcroft Academy senior and postgraduate scholarships and awards

The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts has announced the hiring of Emily Hutchins to direct the 2017 Children’s Summer Drama Camp. Hutchins is finishing an education degree at the University of Southern Maine and has extensive child care and theatrical experience that she will bring to the program.

Soil and water conservation districts from across Maine recently participated in a Conservation District Day at the Statehouse Hall of Flags. Sen. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville, and several other legislators and senators stopped into the Hall of Flags to visit with district staff and discuss pertinent issues and concerns.

June 2, 2017 was declared Richard M. Brown Day in the town of Dover-Foxcroft. The day was marked to honor an exceptional man who has been the CEO of the Charlotte White Center (CWC) for the past 38 years.

Upcoming summer events

Having trouble harvesting a small amount of hay for your few animals? Ever wonder how people mowed, raked, gathered and stored grasses before modern fossil-fuel run equipment? Saturday morning June 10, Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will sponsor a small-scale haymaking workshop to demonstrate simple hand tools that run on whatever you had for breakfast, as well as a small gasoline powered sickle bar mower.

Genealogists have an unwritten code of ethics. While we should seek the truth about our family lines without flinching, we also have an implicit obligation to respect others’ privacy and not cause deliberate hurt needlessly by revealing secrets.

The Center Theatre and the Slightly Off-Center Players announce auditions for the upcoming production of “Nunsense” written by Dan Goggin. This hilarious production is being performed by an all-female cast, ranging in ages from the late teens to seniors.

Six women from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Miosac Club in Dover-Foxcroft attended the GFWC Spring Convention at the Hollywood Hotel & Casino May 11-12. Those attending were Suzanne Raymond, Anne Cress, Minnie McCormick, Vicki Moschella, Rheba Michaud and Dorothy Tonick along with 55 other women from around the state.

DRHS April Students of the Month

By mid-summer a new book chronicling the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Brownville Junction will be on the market. Author Ken Hatchette is looking for input in deciding the best cover photo or original artwork for the cover theme.

The Foxcroft Academy Key Club was very happy to present Pine Tree Hospice and the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance with a set of Key Clubby Bears for their work with young children.