DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the days are getting shorter, things are still very busy at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in October.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — You will learn how to grow hops in your home garden from Donna Coffin in the next workshop of the You Can series to be repeated at three locations: Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCRTOFT — Thursday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — One of the most common questions about farming that comes into the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office in Piscataquis County is, “How can I get a grant to help me farm?”     Tom Malloy, outreach coordinator at the University of Maine for Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) will be coming to the next Maine Highlands Farmers meeting on Thursday, Oct.

WASHING CARS FOR KIDSPhoto courtesy of PRYMCA Karen Clukey from Pleasant Meadows Estates, left, and Tiffany Berry from Hilltop Manor present Patrick Myers with a check for $120 towards kid’s scholarships at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — As part of Pine Tree Hospice’s Caring for the Caregiver series, Wynona Randall, director of professional development at the Charlotte White Center, will present a five-session dementia care training workshop beginning Tuesday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — During National Assisted Living Week — Sept.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pat’s Pizza of Dover-Foxcroft is donating 10 percent of food sales each Monday in the month of September to help heat the homes of “hard working families,” said manager Jason Simpson.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Richard Rubin, author of “The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten War,” will speak at the next event in the James Brown Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents of Atkinson have voted three times during the past 16 years on whether to deorganize the town, dissolve its local government and become an unorganized territory.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy hosted Pine Tree Hospice’s Sound Bites, an annual fundraising event featuring excellent musical entertainment and delicious desserts, in the well-decorated FA gymnasium on the evening of Sept.

The 100th family reunion of the descendents of Lyford and Eunice (Parsons) Dow was held Saturday, Aug.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical will hold its final meeting of 2013 on Wednesday evening, Oct.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recent years students and family members of the pre-kindergarten program at SeDoMoCha Elementary School have been able to take part in an evening of activities designed to promote literacy.

    REMEMBERING SEPT.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step toward placing an amendment to the Land Use Ordinance, concerning electronic signs, on the ballot for the Tuesday, Nov.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A class on how to save money and get a quality product while buying meat directly, taught by Donna Coffin, is the next workshop in the “You Can” series at three locations.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce celebrates with local businesses.