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DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the Fourth of July celebrations approaching, the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department would like remind citizens and visitors about the new fireworks ordinance.

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Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes DRESSED FOR THE BEACH LUAU — Allen Monroe marches as part of the Milo Historical Society during the annual Black Fly Festival on June 13.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — A little more than 200 residents took part in the June 9 referendum for the town of Dover-Foxcroft.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE FOREST — Foxcroft Academy students, from left, Annie Rich, Callie Bates and Renee Shorey were among a group of over a dozen science pupils who spent a day planting trees at the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District’s community forest at the Law Farm in Dover-Foxcroft on May 29.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom IN THE SKIES OF DOVER-FOXCROFT – A hot air balloon floats above the Piscataquis River and West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft during the early evening of May 29 as part of the Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Rally.

Contributed photoGRAND REOPENING – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May 30 at Shiretown Pizza in Dover-Foxcroft to mark the reopening of the popular restaurant by former owner Pam Ames.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PATRIOTIC TRAVELWAY – Twenty American flags now line a stretch of West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft, flags funded by the GFWC/Miosac Club.

 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School is helping to end student hunger by participating in the summer food service program.

   By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Six Foxcroft Academy alumni were inducted to the Academic Hall of Fame at a ceremony on May 9.

By Judy HarrisonBDN Staff  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dexter man who was shot and beaten last year in a fight with two men related to each other was sentenced in Piscataquis County Superior Court last week to 120 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Something new is happening at Mayo Regional Hospital, and hospital officials want the local communities to know about it.

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, June 18 at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital values education in our community.

 Contributed Article  DOVER-FOXCROFT – With winter is in the rear-view mirror, the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is cruising along at spring speeds, and summer is over the next horizon.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SOMETHING’S FISHY — SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth-graders Alexis London, left, and Heather Burgess had their aquarium of guppies on display during the annual science fair on the evening of May 21 at the Dover-Foxcroft school.

Murder suspect shot himself  after killing man, authorities say By Nok-Noi RickerBangor Daily News  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The man accused of shooting his father to death in Parkman two weeks ago made his first court appearance May 28 wearing a white plastic medical helmet.