District budget meeting May 27 By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 Board of Directors gave their approval to a budget for the 2014-15 school year totaling $9,972,119, during a meeting May 6 at the SeDoMoCha School.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Sheriff John Goggin has had first-hand experience with the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, funded primarily by the federal government.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom    125 YEARS SERVING PISCATAQUIS COUNTY — State Rep.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Fifteen members of the GFWC/Miosac Club met at Thayer Parkway May 6 for the annual meeting.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy’s Drama Ponies are proud to announce their spring production of the full-length play “Villains and Zombies” by Bradley Walton.

  NURSING CENTER VISIT — Girl Scouts recently took a tour of the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center in Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Project Linus Blanket Day 2014 for Piscataquis and Penobscot counties was held on April 26 at the Penquis Higher Education Center.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club hosted a reception to honor GFWC Maine President Anne Cress on April 26 at the United Methodist Church of Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Val Walker, author of “The Art of Comforting: What to Say and Do for People in Distress”, will be the guest speaker at Pine Tree Hospice’s community forum on how to support and communicate with individuals who are going through serious illness, bereavement, or other difficult life circumstances.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — While many businesses in rural Maine are weather-dependent, farming is the most obvious one — whether you’re raising carrots or cattle.

Corridor moratorium article added to June 10 ballot By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Applications to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for three different projects in town were moved forward, as the selectmen passed a resolution for each during an April 28 meeting.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Maine Forest Service, Maine’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) education committee and Pleasant River Lumber will be holding a Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) workshop on Friday, May 23 from 9 a.

By Nok-Noi RickerBangor Daily News Staff     DOVER-FOXCROFT — One suspect has refused to talk to police and the other says “he blacked out and does not remember” anything about the shooting that took place last week in front of their Lancaster Avenue house, according to a police affidavit.

Correction     In last week’s article on the Dover-Foxcroft shooting, the name of the street where the incident took place was incorrect.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Ten articles were approved by residents for the June ballot during the annual town meeting on the morning of April 26 at the Morton Avenue Municipal Building gymnasium.

TIGHT COMPETITION Observer photo/Mike Lange Racing was very competitive in the early stages of the Open Speed Challenge where the Deighan-Dorr War Canoe prevailed at the finale.