DOVER-FOXCROFT — Violin performer and music instructor Susan Ramsey of Dover-Foxcroft returned home July 2 following a recording session in Buffalo, N.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A scavenger hunt kicked off the summer reading program at the Thompson Free Library on July 7.

   DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will make a final decision on July 21 on returning the American flag to the bare pole in front of the courthouse complex.

  Piscataquis County EMS photo  WATER OVER THE DAM — The Mayo Mill dam has a few worn spots, but it’s not public safety hazard, according to the county EMS office.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Eighteen members attended the April meeting at the Bear’s Den.

COLCHESTER, Vt.

WINSTON SALEM, N.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Seven Foxcroft Academy students have attained national recognition for their excellent performance on the 2015 National Spanish Examinations.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — Five Foxcroft Academy students were presented Horizon Scholarships by Tom Lizotte of the Board of Trustees at a school assembly on June 8.

Willcott   DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) honors an educator working in Piscataquis County with the Outstanding Conservation Educator of the Year Award.

Hunt Shahin By Beth Ranagan DOVER-FOXCROFT – On May 26, several local NAMI members and friends were fortunate to hear about the history, training, role and outcomes of Crisis Intervention Team training (CIT).

 PORTLAND — Six Catholic parishes in Maine including Our Lady of the Snows have been named recipients of the 2015 Matthew 25 Awards.

Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Children in Penquis Child Development’s Early Head Start have gotten to see how their garden grows and soon will be able to eat what they sow through a vegetable planting activity at the program, which meets in the mornings on Tuesday through Thursday at the Morton Avenue Municipal Building and is free for income-eligible children from 6 weeks old to age 3.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Throughout the school year students at the SeDoMoCha School are able to have both lunch and breakfast — the school began a universal free breakfast program this past year which provides morning foods regardless of the K-8 pupils’ free or reduced meal status.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom NOT SAVORING THE FLAVOR — Fifteen entrants in the 12 and under whoopie pie eating contest were able to forget their table manners as they competed to see who could eat a whoopie pie and a half the fastest as part of the 2015 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival in Dover-Foxcroft on June 27.

BIDDEFORD –  Ian Imbert, a 2007 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, received his master’s degree in public health from the University of New England on May 16.

BURLINGTON, Vt.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis announced that it will be continuing the successful school backpack program throughout the summer.