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.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — You will learn how to grow hops in your home garden from Donna Coffin in the next workshop of the You Can series to be repeated at three locations: Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCRTOFT — Thursday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — One of the most common questions about farming that comes into the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office in Piscataquis County is, “How can I get a grant to help me farm?”     Tom Malloy, outreach coordinator at the University of Maine for Northeast SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) will be coming to the next Maine Highlands Farmers meeting on Thursday, Oct.

WASHING CARS FOR KIDSPhoto courtesy of PRYMCA Karen Clukey from Pleasant Meadows Estates, left, and Tiffany Berry from Hilltop Manor present Patrick Myers with a check for $120 towards kid’s scholarships at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — As part of Pine Tree Hospice’s Caring for the Caregiver series, Wynona Randall, director of professional development at the Charlotte White Center, will present a five-session dementia care training workshop beginning Tuesday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — During National Assisted Living Week — Sept.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pat’s Pizza of Dover-Foxcroft is donating 10 percent of food sales each Monday in the month of September to help heat the homes of “hard working families,” said manager Jason Simpson.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Richard Rubin, author of “The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten War,” will speak at the next event in the James Brown Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents of Atkinson have voted three times during the past 16 years on whether to deorganize the town, dissolve its local government and become an unorganized territory.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy hosted Pine Tree Hospice’s Sound Bites, an annual fundraising event featuring excellent musical entertainment and delicious desserts, in the well-decorated FA gymnasium on the evening of Sept.