DOVER-FOXCROFT — Through the generous contributions of local-area businesses, Mayo Regional Hospital’s Auxiliary/Volunteer organization launched the holiday season with its annual tree-lighting ceremony on Dec.

On Saturday, Dec.

Every year The Piscataquis Observer publishes children’s letters to Santa Claus.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A change will be made in the ranking periods at SeDoMoCha Middle School for the 2014-15 school year as grades 5-8 will have quarters instead of trimesters after the RSU 68 school board approved the switch during a Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On the evening of Dec.

    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 Wednesday, Dec.

Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom      Santa and Mrs.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Seventh-graders in Nichole Martin’s math classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School recently spent some time getting “board” by creating their own games for their peers to play, with the activities all incorporating recently learned mathematical concepts.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Runners and walkers will be able to brighten the holidays for foster children in the state of Maine by taking part in the inaugural Holiday Hope 4K Glow Run/Walk at 6:30 p.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners are scheduled to vote on the 2014 budget at their Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Seventeen members of GFWC/Miosac Club gathered on Tuesday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A winter holiday book sale at the Thompson Library runs three days: Thursday, Dec 5, 5-8 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last week Gov.

‘TIS THE SEASONObserver photo/Stuart Hedstrom     The arrival of the first snow of the 2013-14 season coincided with the start of the holidays as several inches fell in Dover-Foxcroft around Dec.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — U.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Budget Advisory Committee has recommended a $3.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) presented the annual Pete Myrick Community Service Award to a Brownville man who has served his town in several capacities for more than 30 years.