By Stuart Hedstrom 
Staff Writer

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first draft of the proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year was presented by Town Manager Jack Clukey during a Feb. 24 selectmen’s meeting.
    Clukey explained the spending plan provides for maintaining current levels of service and restores some funding to the capital budget that was cut last year. He said these items, along with a reduction in non-property tax revenue which includes cuts in re

By Mike Lange
Staff Writer

    DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council faced a dilemma last week after two local men expressed interest in leasing the community’s campground for the upcoming season.
    The camping area was conveyed to the town about 20 years ago by the Dexter Fish and Game Club and has been leased by various individuals since then.

WORKS OF HEART

For Heart Month in February, 15 SeDoMoCha Elementary School third-graders had posters they made on display at Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft to help promote heart health. On the morning of Feb. 28 the young artists were presented with certificates from CEO Marie Vienneau and Dr. Kathleen Harper of the cardiology department.

By Stuart Hedstrom 
Staff Writer

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — When a person falls out of the sky toward the ground below in a bungee jump, various factors are taken into account to help provide for a thrill and to make the plunge as safe as possible. Eighth-graders at SeDoMoCha Middle School recently had the chance to try bungee jumping in math class, dropping Barbie dolls in the elementary stairwell after calculating how many rubber bands they thought would be needed to get

By Mike Lange
Staff Writer

    DEXTER — The bear baiting initiative that will more than likely be on the November general election ballot in Maine just isn’t about one game animal. The ultimate goal of the Humane Society of the United States (HUSU) is to ban hunting altogether.
    That was the consensus of a forum hosted by the Maine Wildlife Conservation Council last week at Dexter Regional High School.
    While the turnout was relatively small �

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Warden Service is investigating a fatal snowmobile crash at the Piscataquis County Fairground. The victim was discovered around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday near the harness track, according to Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer.

By Mike Lange
Staff Writer

    DEXTER — Hundreds of educators from School Union 60, SAD 4, AOS 94/SAD 46, Foxcroft Academy, RSU 68 and SAD 41 are expected at the second annual MooseTech Regional Technology Conference on Friday, March 14 at Ridge View Community School in Dexter.
    MooseTech is a joint professional development day where educators learn new ways of integrating technology into their classrooms, according to David Fournier, the AOS 94 technology coord

    SANGERVILLE — After submitting a letter earlier in the month, the Sangerville selectmen formally accepted the resignation of Charles “Chuck” Beane as fire chief during a Feb. 27 meeting.
    “The board has read Mr. Beane’s letter of resignation as fire chief,” Select Chair Tom Carone said before he and fellow board members Melissa Randall and Bill Rowe voted to accept the resignation.

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