By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer BROWNVILLE — Students, teachers and visitors to the Brownville Elementary School will now have a continual reminder of the life of a resident killed during a German U-boat attack off the coast of France during World War II.

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Foxcroft Academy’s Class B state championship boys track team reflects a throwback accomplishment of sorts in today’s Facebook vernacular.

  Minor ‘bump’ in the hallway forces school leader to take concussions more seriously By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — What was at first thought to have been “just a bump” between the heads of Piscataquis Community Elementary School Principal Anita Wright and a student turned out to be much more for the administrator.

 Directors still working on 2017 budget By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — For much of 2016, the SAD 41 school board, district faculty and staff and others have been working on a construction project based on the concept of a 25-year plan to address the facility needs in the district with pre-kindergarten through grade 12 all being housed at the Penquis Valley School campus in Milo.

GREENVILLE — Town Manager John Simko plans to resign after the end of his current three-year contract at the beginning of September.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY GUILFORD! — The annual Arts Alive event at Piscataquis Community Elementary School, held on Friday, June 3, began with the K-6 student body posing in the numbers of 200 on the side of the hill behind the building in Guilford.

  Moved to June 14 referendum By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed $10,515,086 RSU 68 budget for the 2016-17 academic year was approved at the annual district budget meeting on May 31 at the SeDoMoCha School.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School is proud to announce Jordynne Davis Littlefield as the Class of 2016 valedictorian.

AUGUSTA — According to statistics recently released by the Secretary of the Senate, Sen.