By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer Maine’s beloved Whoopie Pie Festival, which draws thousands to Dover-Foxcroft each summer, will return June 24 — this year with VIP entrance and parking passes to get attendees to the sweet treats faster.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School STUDENTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT — The last Student in the Spotlight recognition ceremony of 2022-23 at the SeDoMoCha School in Dover-Foxcroft was held on May 26.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of the achievement by local restaurant The Quarry, the Center Theatre will be hosting a free watch party for the James Beard Awards presentation starting at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, May 20, six members of the GFWC MIOSAC Club, armed with rakes, clippers, and black trash bags, arrived to clean the Marion Doore Park in town.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities is very excited to announce preparations are in full swing for their very popular and largest fundraiser and summer tradition – the Kiwanis Auction — to be held July 27–30 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Something fishy that has been going on all year with SeDoMoCha Elementary School fourth-graders came to an end along the banks of the Piscataquis River at Brown’s Mill Park on May 25.

GUILFORD – A proposed 2023-24 SAD 4 budget totaling $8,473,000 was approved during the evening of May 24 at the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

Each spring and fall the Greenville Junction Friends, a nonprofit group from Greenville, sends out its newsletter “The Scoot”, which was named for a vehicle that they used on the railroad tracks years ago for track inspection.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, the Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 & over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education.

By Kim Brawn June is when the outdoors becomes a second home.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting at the Central Hall Commons, 152 E Main Street, from 10-11:30 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be giving away tomato seedlings at various locations in Piscataquis County from May 30 to June 7.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting an organic orchard care program on June 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a new series of online workshops about preserving Maine foods throughout the summer and fall.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings is pleased to announce that Vicki Alward, chief risk officer and Dan Tilton, head of sales and customer relations, have been promoted to executive vice president.

GUILFORD – The Guilford Memorial Library presents an Author Chat with local author Amy Calder.

Ten members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association met on May 23 at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.