Local author and historian Bill Sawtell recently published his 51st book, “The Rocket Lanes of Dover-Foxcroft”.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Music students of Foxcroft Academy will perform solo and small chamber ensemble works at 3 p.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 2016-17 academic year budget continues to be updated, with a preliminary spending plan scheduled to be presented to the school board at the April 5 meeting.

Photo courtesy of PRYMCAFULL PLATES LEAD TO FULL POTENTIAL — Regional YMCA Healthy Project Coordinator Erin Callaway, Piscataquis (back row, second from the left), recently visited Washington, D.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, community service specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Sebec Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday, March 17 at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A sure sign that spring is just around the corner ‚Ä“ it’s time to start pruning fruit trees.

Photo courtesy of GFWC/Miosac ClubSOFT TOYS FOR MAYO REGIONAL HOSPITAL — GFWC/Miosac Club members were scheduled to make toys for Mayo Regional Hospital  at the Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County will caucus and conduct a primary election for president on Saturday, March 5 from noon to 3 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha Middle School grade 8 students will present their researched disaster plans during a night of disaster preparedness on Thursday, March 10 from 6-7 p.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — Got the winter blahs? Looking for something different to do? While we can’t predict the weather, March is forecast to be a busy, event-filled month at the Thompson Free Library , with informative and fun programs focusing on different topics and activities for all ages.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy Key Club will be hosting a free community dinner at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church on Monday, March 7 starting at 6:15 p.

Club founder Harriet Ladd Club founder Lilla Pennington Bell A small local club celebrates more than 80 years of friendship and giving back to their neighbors and extended community.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — When families need help navigating through the pain and sadness of losing a loved one and when parents with children who are experiencing grief are at a loss, Pine Tree Hospice is there to help.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Grade 8 students at the SeDoMoCha Middle School had a taste of the real world by figuring out how to cover monthly bills and unexpected expenses on the salaries of their chosen professions as young adults in the Claim Your Future Fair on the morning of Feb.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month the Piscataquis County Commissioners met with Sheriff John Goggin and Chief Deputy Bob Young to discuss the possibility of leasing space at the former Guilford Primary School on High Street to serve as office space for patrol officers working in that part of the county (the sheriff’s office administrators would all remain in Dover-Foxcroft).

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the Budget Advisory Committee starting its work next month, the selectmen now all have copies of the preliminary 2016-17 spending plan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — While it might be difficult to think about gardening and farming in February, a group of volunteers are doing just that.