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Grand opening celebration for Butter Stick Bakery set for March 24

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.

County Libertarian caucus will be Sunday

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

GrowME winds up as spring starts

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.

Women’s club annual high school art contest will be March 25 at Center Theatre

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.

Calendar of events

Upcoming events around the region.

North team wins three of four Maine McDonald’s all-star games

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’s Clukey receives PVC swim honors

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

Abbott Memorial Library hosting Cabin Fever Trivia Night March 21

Cabin Fever Trivia Night is coming Wednesday, March 21 to the Abbott Memorial Library. Form a team now for this fun event.

‘Getting to Know the Sound of Music!’ March 22-24 at DRHS

Showtimes for the production in high school cafeteria are at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23 and 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 24.

Sharing seeds, scions, and experience at workshop

About 20 local people brought their gardening, orcharding, and seed-saving skills to the Abbott Memorial Library on the morning of March 10 to learn and share more about the fundamental process of growing food and flowers reliably from year to year, as part of a workshop hosted by the library and Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition

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