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.

Staff Report     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Charitable Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Masons has announced the recipients of $2,000 grants in each of the state’s 24 Masonic districts.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Hundreds of people are expected to converge on Dover-Foxcroft this weekend for the annual Shiretown Homecoming Maple Breakfast on Sunday, March 22 from 7-10 a.

    From the time the first crow flies, usually in late February to sometime in mid-April, the sparkling clear “sweet water” flows.

    Pure Maine maple syrup, with a hint of the great north woods in it, has been brightening the flavor of fine, Downeast food since long before the colonists arrived.

Contributed Article     AUGUSTA — Gov.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom Shopaholics, yard sale specialists, craft and antique lovers will not want to miss the Junktique Extravaganza on Saturday, April 11 from 8 a.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     ABBOT — Voters in Abbot will gather at the town hall on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Shiretown Homecoming Maple Breakfast will take place on its usual date: Maine Maple Syrup Sunday, which will be March 22 this year.

    BANGOR — Bangor Savings Bank is stepping forward again in an effort to fight hunger.

    DEXTER — Penquis Beekeepers’ monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, March 10 at the VFW on Cedar Street in Dexter at p.

    SEBEC — The GFWC Miosac Club is conducting its 2015 Sebec Lake Ice-Out Contest.

Contributed Article     MILO — Penquis Valley High School teacher and Key Club adviser Kathy Doyon and a few of her Key Club members made a presentation to their sponsoring Kiwanis club in Milo on Wednesday, Feb.

Contributed photo Thanks to phys ed and health teacher Sheryl Allen and Piscataquis Community Elementary School, there are now 40 more potential lifesavers in the area.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As snowstorms continue to hammer Piscataquis County, Boss snowplows from Rowell’s Garage in Dover-Foxcroft are up to the challenge once again.

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    Boss snowplows set the bar when they created their groundbreaking and comprehensive technology system to make snowplowing fast, easy and efficient.