HANOVER, N.

Contributed Article     GUILFORD — Community Fitness has announced that their new gym floor is being installed this week.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     As the countdown to graduation continues, many seniors from area schools are also making plans for a sober and safe going-away party.

    PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange has announced the immediate availability of application packages for 2015 Minnie Welts Bridge Memorial Scholarships.

Contributed Article     BRADFORD — Eager gardeners will browse through the greenhouse flourishing with colorful blooms or take a walk down Lilac Lane on their way to the rose and clematis garden at Country Junction Greenhouse and Gardens in Bradford.

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Contributed Article     Pollinators are very important to our gardens, but now the monarch butterfly population is decreasing.

Contributed Article     BANGOR — Expansion of broadband capacity, an issue of much discussion in the Maine Legislature of late, will be the topic today of the latest economic development forum sponsored by the Action Committee of 50.

    NEW LONDON, N.

 April 3 was the day that 13 area residents working toward better bone health and balance tried Tai Chi/Chi Gung at the Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter during the Skeleton Crew’s meeting.

    ABBOT — There have been many suicides all over the state recently.

Friends of Squaw Mountain photo Ethan Worster, a student at Piscataquis Community Secondary School in Guilford, bought the 6,000th lift ticket of the season at Squaw Mountain last weekend.

    GARLAND — It’s spring, which means it is time for the Garland Grange’s annual public supper season.

Observer photo/Mike Lange After every Piscataquis Community Elementary School Friday assembly, students join second-grade teacher Mark Arthers for a patriotic or American classical tune before returning to class.

By Ginger HutchinsVolunteer Program Coordinator     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Beginning April 21, the Alliance will offer its hotline training in Piscataquis County at our 8 Mechanic Street office in Dover-Foxcroft.

Contributed Article     SANGERVILLE — Celebrate the arts, take home your very own handmade souvenir bowl and help restore the stained-glass windows at a historic Sangerville church.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice’s “It’s All About You!” Caring for the Caregiver event was held on Feb.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Registered participants for the 2015 Women of Worth Conference can look forward to a day packed full of fun and meaningful personal and professional development.