DOVER-FOXCROFT — A large part of the Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival is the “Heritage” section which will be filled with local artisans and crafters who will be creating, demoing and selling their products.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Homeowners may benefit in many ways from stocking their ponds with trout, such as visually enjoying trout swimming in their pond and seeing increased wildlife on their land.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Joanna Mee of Riverside Florist in Dover-Foxcroft has been inducted as a member of the Maine Master Floral Designers (MMFD).

    ORONO — Paige B.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lesley Chambers of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Rehabilitation Services department will receive the Clinical Educator of the Year award from the New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education.

    BANGOR — Hillary Mae Kendall, the daughter of Roseanne Pembroke of Dover-Foxcroft, was named to the Dean’s List at Husson University for the fall 2012 semester.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will be hosting a free senior luncheon on March 29 at 11:30 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library’s annual National Poetry Month Celebration will be held on Friday, April 5 from 7-8:30 pm, in the new wing.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A crucial step in the redevelopment work at the former Moosehead Manufacturing site — which will become a mixed-use property on the Piscataquis River — is about to begin.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thanks to support from the Maine Community Foundation, the Center Theatre proudly announces Teresa Myers as the new Slightly Off-Center Players (SOCP) coordinator.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library’s annual National Poetry Month Celebration will be held on Friday, April 5 from 7-8:30 pm, in the new wing.

    SeDoMoCha Middle School announces the second term honor roll for 2012-13:    GRADE 5 — High Honors: Enrico Ayala,  Elizabeth Carlson, Allison Cole, Aaliyah Ellis, Megan Fuller, Samuel Harmon-Weeks, Jacob Ireland, Molly Rhoda and Cheyanne Skomars and Olivia Wesley.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Due to the inclement weather on Tuesday, auditions for the production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at the Center Theatre have been rescheduled to Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Senior Gabi Henderson is Foxcroft Academy’s selection for the 2013 MPA Principal’s Award.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The charter members of the Piscataquis County Maine Chapter of Newborns in Need held their first informational meeting at the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Church on March 13.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Congratulations to Foxcroft Academy junior Mia Smith, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Outward Bound Leadership Award, which provides the course tuition for a 14-22 day Outward Bound Wilderness expedition.