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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.

DEXTER — A new company is working to bring a part of the shoe industry back to the community.

The Penquis Valley High School soccer teams played back-to-back vs. Greenville High School during the school’s 2016 Homecoming on Oct. 15.