For wildlife management purposes, Maine recognizes four species: deer, bear, moose and wild turkeys.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — Piscataquis Community Secondary School seventh- and eighth-graders recently embarked on an adventure at Squaw Mountain.

ORONO — The Foxcroft Academy girls and boys indoor track and field teams each concluded the regular season with a Penobscot Valley Conference/Eastern Maine Indoor Track League meet on Feb.

Photo courtesy of Susan Killam PATRIOT’S PEN ESSAY WRITERS — Students from the Ridge View Community School in Dexter participated in the annual Patriot’s Pen Essay contest sponsored by Shirley B.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each year the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) holds an election of officers at the January board meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — At the Thompson Free Library February is about more than cupid’s slings and arrows, it’s a chance to celebrate the Bill of Rights, Black History Month and get involved in community service.

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Contributed photo CNA GRADUATES — The Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC) celebrated the graduation of eight Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) on Feb 1.

“When I was in high school, I was self-conscious, so I never ‘did’ theater,” Jayne Sharrow of Dover-Foxcroft explained.

BROWNVILLE JUNCTION — Results from the eighth annual Maine Highlands Sled Dog Club and the town of Brownville’s Brownville-KI and Beyond Sled Dog Race, held on Jan.