Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Board of Selectmen approved a mil rate of $18.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) has awarded $618,116 to 16 nonprofits across the state in the second phase of its Healthy Community grant program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Observer Building located in Union Square is now open for summer hours, every  Thursday from 11 a.

JOHNSON, Vt.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom   YARD ART — A lucky person who donates to Dacano’s Fund at the Dover-Foxcroft Redemption Center will win this artwork created by Brian Welsh.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Trisha Smith, home horticulture aide at University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, will represent Extension at the Dover Cove Farmers’ Market Saturday, July 18.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PILOT CONTRIBUTION — Dover-Foxcroft Town Manager Jack Clukey, left, accepts a $4,900 check from Charlotte White Center CEO Richard Brown on July 9.

WESTON, Mass.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Advanced-guitar instruction at Foxcroft Academy (FA) marked a milestone with the graduating Class of 2015.

GORHAM — Named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Southern Maine are Tia Lanae Gould and Robert Earl Neeb of Dover-Foxcroft and Emily Elizabeth Panciera of Monson.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club President Dennis Lyford announced that the annual Kiwanis auction will be held on July 23-25.

BOSTON — Branin L.

BANGOR — Husson University has released the spring 2015 president’s list, recognizing students with a GPA of 3.

Photo courtesy of Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center 102ND BIRTHDAY — Corinne Noyes a resident of the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center in Dover-Foxcroft turned 102 on June 23.

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.