Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen voted last week to let the town’s rubbish contractor and Town Manager John Simko review the municipal waste disposal contracts and bring any recommended changes to the next meeting.

    AUBURN — The Piscataquis Observer won five awards in the 2014 Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest as the organization held its annual fall conference Oct.

Earning first-place honors in the scarecrow contest at the Sebec Village Apple Festival on Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MONSON — It’s not every day that Monson residents can watch someone climb up and down a church steeple.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Attendees of a recent multiple-day session at Northern Maine Riding Adventures had the opportunity to “Journey into the Horse’s World” with an international perspective as a pair of instructors from Europe joined stable owner Judy Cross.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners appointed Thomas Lizotte as interim county manager following an executive session Tuesday morning.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Is Facebook a valuable teaching tool or a waste of students’ time?    If kids can ride snowmobiles to school, why can’t they bring ATV’s?     These two questions prompted a lengthy discussion at the Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     NORTH GUILFORD — During the past 13 years, Valley Grange in Guilford has distributed more than 1,400 dictionaries to third-graders in four school districts as well as homeschooled students in the area.

Two police officers commended for their ‘heroic action’ By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — “On Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Manager Marilyn Tourtelotte and the county commissioners reached an agreement last week to terminate her employment, effective Oct.