DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thirty four of Foxcroft Academy Latin teacher Peter Hartel’s students were among the group of 1,059 high school students from Maine who took the 2013 National Latin Exam in March.

    Veteran journalist Mike Lange of St.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT—After a hiatus of several years, Comedian Bob Marley will be returning to the Center Theatre for a single performance on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society recently received a $6,050 grant from the Piscataquis County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to scan, microfilm and digitize at least 10 years of The Piscataquis Observer.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — “The SeDoMoCha Animal Book” has been published and is now available though Amazon.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the town of Dover-Foxcroft earned Tree City USA Community status.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A pair of prize packages to tie in with Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day were both donated by Joy Gregory, a florist who owns Chloe’s Collections Florist & Gift Shoppe on Route 150 in Parkman to the Helping Hands organization at the SeDoMoCha School.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Stubby and Nena Schultz were the first couple to jump at the chance to go up, up, and away in a beautiful balloon in the Balloon Festival Committee’s first annual event to be held this weekend.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops the Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over on Monday, June 3 and Monday, June 17 at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

Seventy five children attended the Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs event May 18 at Kiwanis Park behind the PRYCMA in Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Girl Scout Troop 712 from Milo helped serve residents at Hibbard Nursing Home for the Mother’s Day Social on May 12.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Samantha Estes, RN, who began her nursing career at Mayo Regional Hospital in 1999, has returned to Mayo as Nurse Manager of the Intensive Care Unit.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The RSU 68 Board of Directors gave their approval to a budget for the 2013-14 academic year totaling $9,792,467 during a monthly meeting May 7 at the SeDoMoCha School.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jane Hibbard-Merrill, owner and president of Hibbard Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, has announced today that she has agreed to sell the Nursing Home and Main Street West to First Atlantic HealthCare (FAHC) located in South Portland, Maine.

Diane Sharrow, right, and Lisa Kingsbury wash the windows of downtown Dover-Foxcroft businesses on the morning of May 17 as part of the second annual Shiretown Shine Up.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Students and family members of the pre-kindergarten program at SeDoMoCha Elementary School spent recent evenings taking part in activities designed to get them interested in reading together during “Monkey Mayhem Family Literacy Night” held May 14 and 16 for the morning and afternoon program sessions.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The commissioners voted unanimously to hold a special meeting next week to award a contract for ditching and culvert replacement along a 1.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thanks to the generosity of the Valley Grange, a tradition has been in place for a number of years in which grade 3 students in RSU 68 and SAD 4 and 41 each receive a dictionary through the Words for Thirds Dictionary Project.