By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The kids who graduated from Piscataquis Community High School nearly 50 years ago want to commemorate their golden anniversary by awarding two scholarships this spring to the Class of 2013.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A few days before the NCAA set its Final Four for the Div.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     PARKMAN — It didn’t take the town’s newest selectman long to become acquainted with his recently elected municipal position.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — SAD 4 and the University of Maine have teamed up to provide Piscataquis Community elementary and secondary students a trained peer to help them deal with challenging school and family-life issues.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — After it was first presented to the SAD 41 school board two weeks prior, the public had the opportunity to attend a hearing detailing the current stages of a proposed realignment plan involving different grade levels and existing and new programs during a meeting on March 27 in the Penquis Valley School cafeteria.

“What can you find in the newspaper?” The Observer was at the Brownville Elementary School Hannah Gibson“Parades.

Merchant    DEXTER — Four seniors from Dexter Regional High School were recently recognized at the 33rd McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Games on March 9.

Foxcroft Academy senior Savannah Hobbs’ new writing project is “Third Grade Life Lessons”     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy senior Savannah Hobbs, whose novel “Third Grade Life Lessons” was published in 12 parts by the Piscataquis Observer last year and is now available on Amazon.

Observer photo/Bill Pearson     STUDENT ADVERTISERS — Piscataquis Community Elementary School art students, from left, Aiden Watt, Sadie Davis and Hunter Martel work on their print advertisements for the Valley Grange in the annual Newspapers in Education supplement.