By Tom Vilsack     On March 19, USDA joined millions of Americans in celebrating National Agriculture Day.

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There’s reality, then there’s Democrats To the Editor:    Democrats have passed their first budget in four years and they’re positively giddy about it.

    The Reach Center, a project of The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, is developing a new model to increase youth engagement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — Former State Rep.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, April 29 at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Penquis Mental Health Association is one of four community projects across the state that will receive funding earmarked to impact rural Maine despite a time of significant budget uncertainty, USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel announced.

    PORTLAND — Phoenix Eastman, a sixth-grader at SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft, was among the 15 students taking part in the 2013 Maine State Spelling Bee March 30 at the University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Lecture Hall.

The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club’s annual Piscataquis River Race, from Guilford to Dover-Foxcroft, starts at 11 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital is one of 31 Maine hospitals to be recognized by the Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network for their efforts to create tobacco-free campuses and to promote tobacco-free lifestyles through the 2013 Gold Star Standards of Excellence program.