DOVER-FOXCROFT — Need help providing for your family this Christmas? If your family lives in one of the towns served by RSU 68 (Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, and Sebec) and your family needs assistance in providing warm winter clothing and gifts for each of your children, ages infant to 18, the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft and the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church may be able to help.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Oral health is an important part of overall health, but sometimes, families don’t have the tools they need to fight tooth decay.

GUILFORD — The sports history of Piscataquis Community High School continues to grow with the induction of five people, two teams and a contributor into the fourth class of the PCHS Athletic Hall of Fame.

Give a Dog a Home Rescue, located in Sebec, has two community events planned for this weekend.

Contributed photo HONOR FLIGHT MAINE — David Slagger, commander of the Cecil R.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Municipal Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Annual Report Competition.

Piscataquis County will work with a team of University of Maine student researchers in Augusta and Presque Isle to become a victim of a cyberattack — on purpose.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The upcoming flu season is shaping up to be severe, according to many health experts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lauren Erickson, a sonographer at Northern Light Mayo Hospital, was recently presented a Diagnostic Medical Sonography Mentor Award by the Maine College of Health Professions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover & Foxcroft Water District received a request from Maine Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network and Maine Emergency Management Agency, asking for volunteers to help a struggling water system in Mississippi.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A frost is expected to spread across the state on Friday morning as temperatures take a seasonable dip heading into the weekend.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange is again administering the Santa Project for all kids, newborn to high school seniors living in the SAD 4 area.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County will buy 24 bulletproof vests using a source of funds it receives from the federal government in place of property taxes on federally owned land in the county.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 superintendent and Foxcroft Academy head of school provided updates on the start of the academic year during the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board meeting Monday evening.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft man arrested in connection with an incident that halted a fireworks show in August pleaded guilty to multiple charges and will serve 15 days in jail, according to the Piscataquis County district attorney’s office.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft man accused of assaulting a local day care’s owner and an employee and fleeing with his two children was sentenced to 45 days in jail, according to the Piscataquis County district attorney’s office.

By David Marino Jr.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff This week’s question is a continuation of a question asked earlier in the summer about why Maine has a number of townships named for defunct Massachusetts schools.