LEADING THE WAYObserver photo/Mike Lange The parade color guard this year was Boy Scout Troop No.

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNERObserver photo/Mike Lange One of the more colorful parade floats was a redneck picnic with several Duck Dynasty characters.

DIVE RIGHT INObserver photo/Mike Lange The “no-hands” pie eating contest drew a nice crowd of hungry youngsters at the Piscataquis River Festival.

CAMPAIGN WAVEObserver photo/Mike Lange The Kimball Insurance Agency float featured a Duck Dynasty-type character behind a podium running for president.

CRUISING FOR FOODObserver photo/Mike Lange The Abbot Explorers ATV Club brought their mobile community food drive display to Piscataquis River Days.

CLASS ACTObserver photo/Mike Lange The Piscataquis Community High School Class of 1964 rode in the parade, many with photo badges from their academic years.

NOTICESJoyce (Lander) Huff HUFF – Graveside committal services for Joyce (Lander) Huff, 75, of Viera, FL, and Guilford, ME, who passed away March 22, 2014, will be held at 2 p.

WENTWORTH, Scott Howard, 57, Brownville Jct.

    FARMINGTON — Eight students from the region were named to the spring 2014 Dean’s List at the University of Maine-Farmington.

    LEWISTON — Anne Rockwell, the daughter of Ervin G.