DOVER-FOXCROFT — USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel has announced that the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) has been selected to receive a rural business enterprise grant in the amount of $68,250.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy senior Sam Keane has been selected for the 2014 MPA Principal’s Award.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — A group of young people who meet every Tuesday night at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church meeting room in Dexter are trying to make a difference in the community.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is sponsoring a class on raising rabbits Tuesday, Feb 25 from 6:30-8 p.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — When Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter was built in 1895, energy consumption probably wasn’t much of a consideration during the construction phase.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     What began as a chance meeting on a mission trip over a decade ago in the Caribbean nation of Haiti has become a school designed to change the lives of children for the better, with benefits for the larger community as well and more improvements to come in the future.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is allowing Maine communities to make changes to shoreland zoning ordinances, which can enable some town zone statutes to be adjusted to become less restrictive if town officials and citizen so choose.