Maine Drug Enforcement Agents (MDEA) have arrested a couple from Brownville and charged them with selling heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in Piscataquis County.

A number of basketball players from across the region were recognized by the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) for their performance on the court during the 2017-18 season.

United Maine Crafter/artist Sarah Robinson, owner and creator of My Wild Fern, focuses on nature and creating environmentally friendly products by recycling, upcycling and reusing waste into most aspects of the art work. Recycling post-consumer (newspaper, junk mail, paper bags, etc.) waste paper into handmade paper is just one of the ways My Wild Fern recycles. By upcycling old clothing, curtains and yarn and reusing metal or wood to create new and beautiful products is the artist’s purpose.

On Feb. 19 a new business opened in Dover Foxcroft. When one walks into the Butter Stick Bakery, located on East Main Street in the same space previously occupied by Shiretown Pizza, they will feel like stepping back into another era and the journey is delicious.

The Libertarian Party of Piscataquis County will hold a caucus at noon on Sunday, March 18 at Pat’s Pizza, 100 East Main Street.

Third-graders around Piscataquis County will soon be peering into their cups watching for a sign of green while their parents watch the thermometer and the long-range forecasts. Those third-graders are part of a group of an estimated 700 elementary students who will complete an assortment of agricultural projects as part of the GrowMe collaboration between three local organizations, the Valley Grange, University of Maine Piscataquis County Extension and Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District.

This year’s General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)/Miosac Club high school art contest will be held in the lobby of Center Theatre, beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. Students from Foxcroft Academy, Greenville High School, the Penquis Valley School and Piscataquis Community High Schools have all been invited to participate again this year.

Upcoming events around the region.

The North teams earned victories in three of the four high school basketball contests held March 10 for the McDonald's Maine Senior All-Star Games at Husson University's Newman Gym

Foxcroft Academy senior Jenna Clukey was named to the Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) All-Conference Swimming and Diving Team in a pair of events. Clukey earned all-conference honors in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyles