GUILFORD — The annual Harvest Fair will celebrate the town of Guilford’s Bicentennial with a day of activities on Saturday, Sept.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — In May 2017 Shirley B.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the members of the county budget advisory committee finalized and first drafts of the spending plan for the county and unorganized territories prepared, county officials are well into their work on next year’s finances.

Leaders invite input during Tuesday, Sept.

  2016 Outstanding Cooperator of the Year award By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — For their efforts to bring fresh, locally-grown produce to the region since opening in 2009, the Ripley Farm was presented with the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) 2016 Outstanding Cooperator of the Year award during a tour and ceremony on Sept.

MILO — Municipal officials are pleased to announced that the town has received a $1,691 dividend check from the Maine Municipal Association as a result of its good loss experience and loss prevention programs.

  GUILFORD — A free suicide prevention workshop will be held on Tuesday, Sept.

By Sam BrownDDATT DEXTER — Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT), for its September First Friday Free Film and Public Discussion, was going to show the new movie “How To Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change”, but just after we started streaming at the Abbott Memorial Library that night the Internet decided to collapse.

Photo courtesy of Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR held its annual 9/11 observance ceremony in Monson on Sunday, Sept.

  MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis will be serving a blueberry pancake breakfast at Kiwanis Headquarters in the business park on Park Street on Saturday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — 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 the PCEDC in December.

SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting in the Community Room at the Town Hall at 6:30 p.

Contributed photo The National Council on Aging reports, “Many studies have shown Tai Chi to be one of the most effective exercises for preventing falls.

GUILFORD — Walter Boomsma, educator, author and founder of Abbot Village Press, recently announced an expansion of the suicide prevention training he’s offered in the past.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — “Being Mortal,” a Frontline documentary based on Atul Gawande’s bestselling book, will be shown on Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After nearly 38 years at the helm of the Charlotte White Center, CEO Richard Brown announced that he will retire no later than June 30, 2017.

  Recalls life as bush pilot and at sporting camp in new book By John HolyokeBDN Staff The day began like many others in Jake Morrel’s career as a bush pilot: He was to pick up a group of outdoorsmen and fly them to a far-flung lake so they could have a look around.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GREENVILLE — With recently departed Town Manager John Simko’s last day being Friday, Sept.