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While the Dexter-based Harold J. Crosby Community Band has enjoyed practicing and performing outdoors this summer, evenings are getting cooler, windier and darker. Not wanting it to be “the day the music died,” to borrow from Don McLean, the band has…

This is a poem originally included with an installation. It was designed to depict a gateway made by two pieces of cholla, with candles in them, and attached to red cherry slabs with copper found on the banks of the Piscataquis River. The poem voices…

Many people look forward to attending the Piscataquis Valley Fair, held annually in August. The 133rd fair was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These Facebook posts ask what people will miss the most this year.

Website announcement of the postponement of the 133rd Piscataquis Valley Fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I wrote this for the Thompson Free Library July 2020 Quarterly Newsletter that my colleague Tom Lyford and I create. TFL's phased reopening began with curbside service.

Letter from the Redeemer Lutheran Church announcing the opportunity to worship outdoors beginning on July 26, 2020. Protocols for in-person services include social distancing, face masks, and no singing.

Information for parents, guardians, and students about the opening of Foxcroft Academy on September 1st, 2020.

Flyer advertising a pie and bean fundraiser for the Brownville Community Church (seen in the Milo TradeWinds Marketplace).

Everyone is adjusting and learning new ways to move forward during these unusual times. Checkerberry Farm owners Jason and Barbara Kafka are no different.

Kathy Richards, a classroom specialist with the Jobs for Maine Graduates (JMG) program at Foxcroft Academy, wants to help students find paths to rewarding, well-paying jobs. With schools shut down due to the pandemic, JMG providers are finding new…