4 years ago Maine Whoopie Pie Festival going virtual DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce in Dover-Foxcroft have announced that the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival will not be taking place as planned on Saturday, Oct.
4 years ago Dover-Foxcroft UMC pie sale Sept. 4 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The United Methodist Church of Dover-Foxcroft will hold a Labor Day Weekend dessert pie sale on the lawn of the church, Friday, Sept.
4 years ago AARP awards grant to Dexter Age-Friendly Committee AARP announced that eight Maine organizations will receive 2020 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest number of grantees to date with more than $2.
4 years ago D-F Drive-In back for fall season DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscatgaquis County Ice Arena and Center Theatre announced they are holding a fall season for the popular Dover-Foxcroft Drive-in.
4 years ago Pay It Forward clothing store reopens DOVER-FOXCROFT — For several years the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Church has offered the “Pay It Forward” free children’s clothing store.
4 years ago Three Rivers Kiwanis collecting yard sale items MILO — Do you have unwanted items that you don’t know what to do with? The Three Rivers Kiwanis will be collecting any items for the charity yard sale from 9 a.
4 years ago Suicide prevention expert to speak at Central Hall Commons PTSD Conversation Series Greg Marley, LCSW, is well-known for his work in suicide prevention.
4 years ago Thompson Free Library to host Dover-Foxcroft: The Postcard View DOVER-FOXCROFT — Kevin Johnson, photo archivist for the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, will present “Dover-Foxcroft: The Postcard View; Selections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company” live via Zoom at 6 p.
4 years ago Dexter-Age Friendly Committee receives grant for Tea Talks DEXTER — The Dexter-Age Friendly Committee is very pleased to announce that it has received a $1,600 grant from the Thriving Older Adults Strategic Goal Fund of the Maine Community Foundation for the Tea Talks gatherings and programs.
4 years ago ‘All in This Together: Preserving Maine’s COVID-19 Memories’ If you’re interested in learning more about the statewide effort to collect COVID-19 stories, save the date for “All in This Together: Preserving Maine’s COVID-19 Memories” at 4 p.
4 years ago August at Thompson Free Library DOVER-FOXCROFT — “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.
4 years ago Piscataquis YMCA leader grows into job amid the pandemic DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mandy Adams’ newest job didn’t get off to quite the start she anticipated.
4 years ago Daphne Sprague, whose accident at 17 sparked a life as a disability rights advocate, dies at 67 Daphne Sprague, a Maine educator and disability rights advocate who was the first quadriplegic person to attend the University of Maine after she fought to have the university admit her, died from complications from an infection on July 7 in Portland.
4 years ago Pine Tree Hospice graduates new volunteers When Pine Tree Hospice set out this March to train a group of new volunteers in Dexter, we had no idea what we were in for.
4 years ago Center Theatre launches downtown Treasure Hunt DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and Farmington Underground announced that they are now offering a walking treasure hunt in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.
4 years ago Add bright color to yards to benefit Pine Tree Hospice Pine Tree Hospice wants to “plant” bright pinwheel flowers at your house, or the house of someone you know.
4 years ago Maine libraries are creating a COVID-19 archive — and they need your stories for it One hundred years from now, when future Mainers decide to research what happened during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, what information will they find? What photos and artwork will they see? What kinds of documents will they come across? Whose stories will they read? A number of Maine libraries are hoping to create an archive of all those things by asking Mainers to contribute their stories, photos, artwork and other documents about their experience during the pandemic.