GINGERBREAD POPULATION Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom      SeDoMoCha Elementary students brought home a gingerbread figure they then disguised with their parents as part of a unit involving gingerbread — such as reading stories about gingerbread men and playing instruments during music lessons involving gingerbread men tales.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Chief Justice Leigh I.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held in the Dover-Foxcroft area on Monday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel has announced that Penquis Mental Health Association has been selected to receive a $180,000 Community Facility Direct Loan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA recently finished some exciting renovations to the pool and deck area of the Olympic-sized indoor pool.

FIND THE SHOP LOCAL TREE CONTEST WINNER Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom     Marilyn Blais, center, of Dover-Foxcroft was the winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree Contest.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club morning meeting falls on Tuesday, Dec 31 at 6:30 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Tractor Supply Company (TSC) store in Dover-Foxcroft was recently recognized with two awards for its outstanding performance during this year’s 4-H/TSC Paper Clover Campaign.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As part of an on-going criminal investigation by the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department, officers executed a search warrant at 956 West Main Street on Dec.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes A flock of turkeys took advantage of an easy meal offered on Dec.

    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.