DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Monday, Dec.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — In the near future Rowell’s Garage will be opening its automatic PDQ Manufacturing brand ProTouch Tandem Friction In-Bay Car Wash at the East Main Street lot, located across the road from the showroom and service center.

  Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Santa and Mrs.

  GUILFORD — While the shift to a five-class format for Maine’s high school basketball world was approved last spring with the primary goal of improving competitive balance among the state’s largest and smallest schools, many schools in the middle also are anticipating some benefits.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Currently, Piscataquis County officials are working on a 2016 county budget totaling $4,007,542 for the 2016 calendar year along with a sum of a little more than $1,471,870 for the Unorganized Territories (UT) for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nearly 200 Maine communities, including many in Piscataquis County and the surrounding areas, are part of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) and through this arrangement town waste is sent to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company (PERC) in Orrington.

  Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Foxcroft Academy Algebra I students Michaleb Niles, blue shirt, and Caleb Ladd — whohad Mason McLeish in their group — watch as their Barbie doll takes the plunge from the top of the stairwell to the steps near the bottom as part of a lesson in linear functions on Dec.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — What was likely just a formality was also a necessity, as a slight change in the wording of a warrant article authorizing the town and Milo Fire Department to apply for FEMA grant funding was OKed during a special town meeting on Dec.

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By Julia Bayly BDN Staff Writer HOULTON  — Several Walmart stores in Maine were among an unspecified number of stores across numerous states to receive bogus automated bomb threat calls Saturday night through early Sunday morning, according to a company spokesman.