Public school district meeting set for May 31 By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 school board gave its approval to a $10,515,086 budget for the 2016-17 academic year during a May 3 meeting at the SeDoMoCha School.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nearly two years ago residents approved an ordinance concerning private distribution corridors, including paved highways, pipelines and high tension transmission lines.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromSHOULD IT STAY OR SHOULD IT GO? — County officials are considering tearing down or keeping in place the walkway connecting the courthouse and jail, which during the winter can pose a safety hazard due to falling ice.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The four classes of kindergartners at the SeDoMoCha Elementary School had some special visitors on the afternoon of Friday, May 6 as many of the students had their mothers, and/or some other family members, stop by for the annual Mother’s Day Tea in the school cafeteria.

Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy2016 ROSE AWARD RECIPIENTS — Foxcroft Academy recognized the top scholars in the Class of 2016 during the annual Rose Award ceremony on May 4, with the honor recognizing students who have accumulated a GPA placing them in the top 15 percent of their class.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) will be hosting free workshops, “Essentials of College Planning,” for adults 19 and over at the Penquis Higher Education Center, 50 Mayo Street, on Thursday, May 12 and 26 at 1 p.

Lizotte DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Retired Educators Association met at the Bear’s Den April 26 for the first meeting of the year.

The program committee Anne Cress, Brenda Quiet and Rheba Michaud provided members with soup and sandwiches for the recent spring fling meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thanks to the generosity of a local benefactor, the Center Theatre is hosting a magical performance of “Hansel and Gretel” at 2 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogy Society meets on Thursday, May 12 in the Sebec Room at Mayo Regional Hospital from 6:30-8 p.

  Photo courtesy of Foxcroft Academy Key Club In partnership with Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute, the Foxcroft Academy Key Club donated 24 teddy bears to Dover-Foxcroft first responders during an April 29 assembly.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — An English/Language Arts unit on letter writing turned out to be more than just a lesson for one sixth-grader as a letter she addressed to an author earned her semifinalist honors in the state level Letters About Literature contest.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — After two years on the job, Regional School Unit 68 Superintendent Robert Lucy will be leaving the position leading the pre-kindergarten through grade 8 district on June 30.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — A dozen articles were approved at the 2016 annual town meeting on April 30 at the Morton Avenue Municipal Building, with these items now moving to the June 14 referendum ballot to join the election of a pair of municipal officers, two seats on the school board as well as a question concerning the 2017 RSU 68 budget.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom  Participants in a kilometer fun run take off on Park Street by the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in Dover-Foxcroft during last year’s Healthy Kids Day.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, May 21 the Abbot-based JD Foundation — a nonprofit organization serving the state through suicide prevention and anti-bullying and education by providing holistic approaches and helpful tools to individuals who seek such support — is planning the inaugural five kilometer Walk to Wake the Silence.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — The month of May finds the Thompson Free Library participating in community events and hosting interesting programs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Have you seen all the buzzing and activity going on at Central Hall this winter and spring? The Friends of Central Hall Committee (FOCH) are excited to announce that the time is near to start the landscaping, laying of engraved bricks and the fun part of putting this grand old building back together again.