Staff Report     WALDOBORO — Former Dexter Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs has been hired as town manager of Waldoboro, effective Monday, March 10.

    MILO — Trevor Lyford, the son of John and Marilyn Lyford of LaGrange, has been selected as the Maine Principal’s Award winner for Penquis Valley High School.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the last several months Dover-Foxcroft officials have been examining the possible implementation of impact fees and contract rezoning.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     ABBOT — Rogan Taylor recalled that he was a devout Christian while growing up as a teenager in Rhodesia, the African country that eventually became Zimbabwe.

CONGRATS ON 175 YEARS Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Denise Buzzelli recently visited the Piscataquis Observer office in Dover-Foxcroft where the newspaper staff was presented with a plaque and certificate in recognition of the Piscataquis Observer’s over 175 years of commitment to the area’s communities.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the school year SeDoMoCha Middle School students in grades 5-8 took the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) tests, with teachers and administrators incorporating a theme centered around ninjas — “Be a NECAP Ninja Star” — to help engage the pupils.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — A 24-article warrant is up for approval at Guilford’s annual town meeting on Monday, March 17 and Town Manager Tom Goulette said that he anticipates a slight percent property tax hike if all articles pass as recommended.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MONSON — The Maine Land Use Planning Commission will revisit a request by a Big Moose Township landowner to rezone part of their property from general management to residential development.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     BROWNVILLE — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) is working on an application to the state’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for a $375,000 grant for the General Store and More on the Main Road in Brownville Jct.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the Piscataquis Regional YMCA and Charlotte White Center both received a grant from Maine Health Access Foundation health funding initiatives designed to help plan ways to improve and support the health of residents in Piscataquis County.