DOVER-FOXCROFT — In October the Piscataquis Regional YMCA board of directors made changes to the organization, including voting to eliminate the executive director position with Board Chair Janet Sawyer heading the facility in the interim while options for long-term sustainability and leadership are explored over the next six to 12 months.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The project to revitalize Central Hall and keep the late 19th century building on East Main Street as a part of the community and the region is progressing as construction is transforming the interior and financial contributions are making everything possible.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this year the selectmen accepted the resignation of Police Chief Dennis A.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed $4,038,985 Piscataquis County budget for 2017, along with a little more than $1,541,000 in the Unorganized Territories (UT) budget in the 2017-18 fiscal year, was presented at a public hearing on Nov.

BROWNVILLE — For the region’s grade 3 students, reaching this grade level means not only learning multiplication tables and turning 9 years old but also receiving a dictionary from the Valley Grange of Guilford through its Words for Thirds Dictionary Project.

I used to hunt some, but living with Dolores took the fun out of that.

SANGERVILLE — For over three decades area individuals and families have been served free of charge by Pine Tree Hospice during the time of dying and bereavement.

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

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the second year in a row volunteers spent a week taking part in a Window Dressers community build to create cost-saving insulating window inserts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In September the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) was awarded $120,000 for broadband internet planning from the Office of the Maine Attorney General, with the funds coming from consumer settlements the office reached with several wireless carriers.