Last February the Foxcroft Golf Club in Dover-Foxcroft hosted a family fun day and snow golf event to benefit Pine Tree Hospice — an organization offering volunteer services in the region for individuals and families free of charge during the time of progressive, life-limiting illness and dying and bereavement.

    GREENVILLE — The Wilderness Sled Dog Racing Association is pleased to announce the support of major corporate sponsor Plum Creek for its eighth annual event.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department will be having their second annual Ice Fishing Derby at Sebec Lake on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3.

By Fern MorrisonFoxcroft Academy sophomore     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice will hold its annual Snow Golf Tournament on Feb.

    SEBEC — Darn Good Yarn has been named the grand prize winner of the first ever, nationwide FedEx Small Business Grant Competition and will receive a $25,000 grant to invest in and further grow its business.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     ABBOT — The board of selectmen considered reducing the transfer station’s hours of operation on Jan.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Monumental Company Inc.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — For 175 years, The Piscataquis Observer has been the source for news in the Penquis region.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Trask Insurance has reached the three-fourths of a century milestone, marking 75 years in business in 2013.

    THEN AND NOW — The original Foxcroft Academy school building, left, and the academic facility of today.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County UMaine Extension Office recently welcomed Sheila Norman as a full-time program aide who will focus on the 4-H and youth programs in the county.

By Carol LaneResults Physical Therapy and Wellness Center PT and CEO Back pain is the most common medical problem in the U.

    MONSON — Mark your calendars as Saturday, Jan.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — It just didn’t seem right to have a beautiful mountain in their own backyard and not be able to ski on it.