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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first Maine nurse to receive fellowship in the Academy of Emergency Nursing will be recognized at an annual meeting of the Emergency Nurses Association this week in Nashville, Tenn.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Whether he is preparing and serving food at the annual Maine Maple Sunday Breakfast, working to help ensure for a happy Halloween at the Shiretown Homecoming Committee’s annual October event, being busy at assorted tasks throughout Homecoming in August and having a hand in countless other endeavors, Foxcroft Academy freshman Mason Merrill has spent countless hours volunteering in his community.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre is proud to announce its annual Volunteer Appreciation Party, scheduled for Saturday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Toby Hall will be leading a Christmas tree pruning demonstration at the Law Farm property on Tuesday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Mayo Regional Hospital  is offering free mammograms to women 40 and over in the community during the month of October.

FOR HELPING PEOPLE TO HEAR MORE CLEARLY Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Audiologist Chris Clukey of Dover Audiology and Hearing Aid Sales on West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft was recently presented with a Hearing is Our Concern 2012 Director’s Award, for going above and beyond to help the hearing impaired in the community, during an industry technology convention last month in Minneapolis.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Another step has been taken in the process to renovate Central Hall as the Dover-Foxcroft Planning Board approved a site plan for an addition to the west side of the building during an Oct.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The state commission charged with creating a deorganization plan for the town of Atkinson made several changes to the document at a lengthy public meeting held at the Piscataquis County Courthouse Monday morning.

Observer photos/Jeannette Hughes    VEHICLE, HOUSE FIRE — A van was destroyed and a Grange Street home in Dover-Foxcroft sustained damageto a portion of the exterior during a late afternoon fire on Wednesday, Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) vehicle will now be housed inside in the town of Dover-Foxcroft’s former solid waste incinerator building at the transfer station property, after an agreement between the agency and town was approved by the selectmen during a Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As the leaves change color and colder temperatures arrive so does the flu season, which typically runs from Oct.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — For many students the thought of taking a standardized test can make them anxious or apathetic.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — MaineStream Finance, a subsidiary of Penquis, is offering a free Business 101 workshop via an online webinar and in a classroom setting in Bangor, Dover-Foxcroft and Lincoln.

8th annual Homecoming Halloween Hoopla Dover-Foxcroft Town Office (Morton Avenue) Friday and Saturday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the days are getting shorter, things are still very busy at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in October.