Bertha Turner celebrated her 99th birthday at the Hibbard Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft on May 16.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thirty four of Foxcroft Academy Latin teacher Peter Hartel’s students were among the group of 1,059 high school students from Maine who took the 2013 National Latin Exam in March.

    Veteran journalist Mike Lange of St.

Madeline Lubas, technical coordinator of the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded third place in the Conservation 101 category of the Photo Contest in the State of Maine for the U.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT—After a hiatus of several years, Comedian Bob Marley will be returning to the Center Theatre for a single performance on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society recently received a $6,050 grant from the Piscataquis County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to scan, microfilm and digitize at least 10 years of The Piscataquis Observer.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — “The SeDoMoCha Animal Book” has been published and is now available though Amazon.

Lula Bunker, age 107 and a resident of Dexter Health Care, was honored at the Hall of Flags at the State House in Augusta on April 12.

    FORT KENT — Four students from the region graduated from the University of Maine-Fort Kent during the school’s commencement on Saturday, May 18, and each one received a BS in nursing.

    VASSALBORO — Maine’s newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.