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Guilford H.U.G.S. group provides yearbooks for students

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community School Elementary and Middle School students are receiving their yearbooks free this year, compliments of the H.

PCSWCD offers wild edible foraging workshop

WILLIAMSBURG — After high demand, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is pleased to present another wild edible foraging workshop on Saturday, Aug.

Calendar of events

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks to you, another Confederate gravesite is confirmed in Maine

Thanks to a pair of alert Bangor Daily News readers, an eighth Confederate soldier’s grave has been located in Maine.

SAD 41 summer lunch program postponed after positive COVID-19 test

MILO — A school-based summer lunch program that serves SAD 41 children in Milo, LaGrange and Brownville has been halted this week after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

Fourth of July events

The Fourth of July fireworks in Dexter have been postponed until Labor Day (details to be announced).

Central Hall Commons starts Mindful Monday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — We are living in a time of great stress: people and the Earth are sick, angry, afraid, dispirited and dying.

What this birder found while spending five days deep in North Maine Woods

I just spent five days in the North Maine Woods surveying birds for the Maine Bird Atlas during the first week of June.

Want the trail to yourself? Try exploring easements

Summer 2020 will be anything but ordinary.

July at Thompson Free Library

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Summer 2020 finds us living lives of quiet (or not-so quiet) adaptation.

$7.4M SAD 4 budget moved to July 14 at the polls

GUILFORD — A proposed $7,397,862 budget for the 2020-21 academic year was approved — with all 22 articles approved as written over 20 minutes with minimal discussion from the more than 30 registered voters present — during the annual district budget meeting on June 25 in the gymnasium at Piscataquis Community High School.

Dover Low Vision Group meets next in August

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Due to the holiday weekend, the next meeting of the Dover Low Vision Group will be on Friday, Aug.

How seven Confederate soldiers came to be buried in Maine

Controversial Confederate monuments are coming down all over the southern United States.

Baxter State Park announces Visiting Artist

Baxter State Park is pleased to announce that Jill Osgood has been selected as this year’s Visiting Artist.

2020 Foxcroft Academy senior and post-graduate scholarships and awards

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following were presented during the 2020 Foxcroft Academy commencement on June 27: Anna Shaw Buck Prize for Spoken French: Vu Trong Nhan Pham Anna Shaw Buck Prize for Written French: Clark LaChance Bruce & Kristen Gurall Scholarships: Enrico Ayala, MacKenzie Pearl, Katherine Ames C.

$11.97M RSU 68 budget set for July 14 referendum

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed $11,970,877 RSU 68 budget for the 2020-21 academic year was approved at the annual district budget meeting on June 23 at the SeDoMoCha School.

Award-winning teacher fosters ‘intellectualism’ among his Piscataquis County students

Family history and influential high school teachers led Joe Hennessey to a career in education.

Guilford Bed and Breakfast launches first literary-themed getaway package

GUILFORD — The Guilford Bed and Breakfast is offering a new, literary-themed, 4-day getaway package specifically for Agatha Christie fans.

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