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.

Upcoming September events

Most genealogists would rather have a root canal (or as one told me, give birth in a store window) than spend an afternoon at the Registry of Deeds tracking metes and bounds. But deeds are so much more than how many paces beyond the “stump” to go before hitting the boundary of the family’s land. They can establish family ties and provide dates of death and sometimes details not to be found in other sources.

Garlands Days returns this year from Sept. 7-10 with a theme of “Connecting Communities Through the Woods.”

September signals transition.It means back to school for students, back to work for educators, and back to our projects and goals, buoyed by a sense of urgency and clarity that autumn days can bring. Think of the Thompson Free Library as the friend who keeps you grounded and on track as you navigate your transitions.

Upcoming events for the region's Granges.

Upcoming events around the region

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators met Aug.