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🌱 Open Mic Every Thursday Night @ The Lakeshore House in Monson, Me. and 11 more events
Also check out Maine's Garlic Fest 2026 on the Ripley Patch calendar
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- Thursday: Rather cloudy and warm, with a high of 75 and low of 61 degrees.
- Friday: An afternoon shower or two, temps: high: 72, low: 49.
- Saturday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 64 and low of 36 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Open Mic Every Thursday Night @ The Lakeshore House in Monson, Me. →
The Lakeshore House - Lodge & Pub, 9 Tenney Hill Rd, Monson
5:00 pm - Maine's Garlic Fest 2026 →
Lake George Regional Park, East Side, Canaan - Center Theatre's 3rd Annual Harvest Gala →
Central Hall Commons, 152 Main St., Dover-Foxcroft
7:00 pm - Sunday Summer Music @ The Lakeshore House →
The Lakeshore House - Lodge & Pub, 9 Tenney Hill Rd, Monson
3:00 pm - Comedian Adam Hatch at Belly of the Beast BBQ! →
Belly of the Beast BBQ, 920 W main st, dover foxcroft - Early Dismissal
Rsu 68/msad 68 Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 - Orono at Dexter →
12 Abbott Hill Rd, Dexter
7:00 pm - Clueless Quilters Quilt Show October 10th →
Stetson Meeting House, Route 222, Stetson
9:00 am - Clueless Quilters Quilt Show →
Stetson Meeting House, Route 222, Stetson
9:00 am - Indigenous Peoples Day - Schools and Offices Closed →
Rsu 68/msad 68 Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 - Erskine Academy Girls JV Soccer @ MCI →
Maine Central Institute, 295 Main St, Pittsfield
5:00 pm - Tribe Conference: A Conference on the Biblical Home →
First Baptist Church, 245 Main Street, Pittsfield
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🗞 Nearby News
Dover-Foxcroft
- Dover-Foxcroft temporarily pauses data centers (observer-me.com)
- Dover-Foxcroft Select Board approves condemnation order for submerged river lot (observer-me.com)
- Bluegrass favorites Rock Hearts return to Center Theatre (observer-me.com)
Skowhegan
- Maine State Police Search For Suspect After Skowhegan Drug Stop (z1073.com)
- Somerset Woods Trustees prep free firewood bank as Maine heating costs reach record highs (wabi.tv)
- Top-4 unchanged in Varsity Maine field hockey poll (pressherald.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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