Maine Woods Forever presented the Piscataquis Community Secondary School grade 9-10 environmental science class with the 2017 “Teddy Roosevelt Maine Conservation Award” – a youth-oriented honor created to recognize young people and youth groups whose efforts are in the spirit of Roosevelt’s conservation ethic and achievements.

Over the last several months the Foxcroft Academy Key Club, along with Key Clubs in Dexter and Greenville, have been working to raise money for the Thirst Project, a non-profit organization raising awareness of the lack of drinking water in the world. After a $2,000 donation from the Student Council at SeDoMoCha Middle School, the goal became a reality as the Key Clubs have raised over $12,000 to fund a well in Swaziland -- a small, landlocked monarchy in southern Africa.

Members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)/Miosac Club placed about 120 symbolic pinwheels at the entrance to the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Church on April 12 in observance of Prevent Child Abuse America Month, part of the GFWC Signature Project of Domestic Violence Awareness

Piscataquis Community Elementary School fifth-graders Jacob Duncan, right, and Isaac Worster hop over a pair of ropes as classmate Dominic Cookson twirls the jump ropes during the school’s annual Jump Rope for Heart program on April 7. Students at the school in Guilford took part in healthy activities, such as jumping rope, hula hooping and basketball, and also raised money for the American Heart Association.

Dreaming of warmer weather and the sounds of summer, the Sangerville Parks and Rec Committee has been working diligently to formulate a plan to develop the Sangerville ball field into something more

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is tracking Maine lake “Ice-Out.” This annual effort provides boaters, anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts with information, data and resources to help plan outdoor adventures on Maine lakes. It is available for spring 2017 and for previous years on an Ice-Out webpage maintained by the Department. The public is invited to assist this effort by reporting ice-out dates for water bodies throughout the state.

The Foxcroft Youth and SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling teams concluded the 2017 season by competing at the Bulldog Battle Youth Tournament at Madison Memorial High School.

Calendar of events for April into May

Stop trying to fool us, Angus. I'll admit, you are a talented salesman. You have built a carefully crafted image over the years, and have created a very successful personal brand. You have used that mythos to make quite a career for yourself. But what you have built is a phony house of cards, and it is time to just come clean with the truth about who you are. Enough already.

Aren't town charters developed to be a kind of rule book to which town administrations and town residents can agree to adhere? Shouldn't one be able to assume revisions of that charter would be undertaken in the interest of these residents and in an effort to achieve maximum transparency by the town's government? Well, the currently proposed (revised) Dover-Foxcroft Municipal Charter appears to do just the opposite.