By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month, by a 1,427-1,323 margin, Piscataquis County voters defeated a referendum question asking for the permission to spend up to $610,000 to construct a new Sheriff’s Office building at the intersection of East Main and School streets.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month over a dozen decorated trees and accompanying goods were on display for a weekend in the banquet rooms at Pat’s Pizza.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County USDA Local Work Group (LWG) will meet on Friday, Dec.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital honored local and national veterans during a wreath dedication ceremony at the hospital on Veterans Day — Nov.

             DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre is producing “A Christmas Carol” in December and reached out to the SeDoMoCha School art department to highlight the talents of the students.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this year the Maine Shared Health Needs Assessment and Planning Process (SHNAPP) spent several months analyzing data, including an online stakeholder survey, to devise a 2015 Shared Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for Piscataquis County.

Drop-in support group lets participants know they are not alone   By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 2:30 p.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met Nov.

     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre Board of Directors has announced the hiring of Patrick Myers as the theatre’s executive director.

First part of $30,000 grant to The Maine Highlands Senior Center DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Oct.

By Dawn GagnonBDN Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A Millinocket man who was arrested in May in connection with the attempted drowning of a woman in Greenville was sentenced to eight years in jail, with all but 4½ years suspended, during a hearing Monday at the Piscataquis County Courthouse.

By Dawn Gagnon BDN Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The state fire marshal’s office has charged two teenagers from Dover-Foxcroft with arson after a building near the town’s water tower was set ablaze over the weekend, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Monday.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Among its many programs, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers resources for those involved in or considering getting started in agriculture.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Piscataquis County Commissioners gave their approval to the creation of an administrative assistant to the Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director.

         DOVER-FOXCROFT — During art this year with teacher Bobbi Tardif, students are making the SeDoMoCha School a place of collaboration and discovery.

     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Vice President Anne Cress, in the absence of President Vicki Moschella, called the Oct.

        Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom A large contingent of costumed marchers proceeded from the courthouse parking lot down East Main Street to the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational church parking lot on Oct.

     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last year a group of other nursing students at the University of Maine conducted a community assessment on the Dover-Foxcroft community and determined that drug abuse is a major health concern for this population.