Piscataquis County people work hard, each and every day, to provide for their families.

GUILFORD — A proposed $6,879,013 2016-17 SAD 4 budget was approved — with all 20 articles ending up being passed as written over 35 minutes with a count of 59 registered voters present at the beginning of the proceedings — during a district budget meeting on Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Students throughout the SeDoMoCha School recently observed Bullying Prevention Week from Oct.

ATKINSON — When residents head to the polls on Tuesday, one item they will be voting on is whether the town should withdraw from the Milo-based SAD 41.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two goals in the second half and the team’s 12th shutout in as many games helped the SeDoMoCha Middle School field hockey team top the Ridge View Community School, 2-0, in the 2016 Penquis League championship game on Oct.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two years ago residents approved an ordinance concerning private distribution corridors, including paved highways, pipelines and high tension transmission lines.

For the last decade Valley Grange Bookworms have been coming to Piscataquis Community Elementary School to share their love of books with second- and third-graders, as the pupils spend time reading to the adult visitors.

The SAD 4 school board approved a 2016-17 budget totaling $6,879,013 during an Oct. 11 meeting at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

With Maine having the oldest median age of the 50 states at 43.5 years, the second-oldest population proportion of residents 65 or older - 17 percent - and the highest percentage of baby boomers, caring for seniors and soon-to-be seniors is a pressing issue now and moving forward.