By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first draft of the proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year was presented by Town Manager Jack Clukey during a Feb.

By Ginger Hutchins     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Penobscot and Piscataquis domestic abuse prevention resource centers are happy to announce our first joint volunteer training.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the snow keeps falling, we are starting to see and hear the signs of springtime.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, March 4 and March 25  at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy post-graduate Trustee Scholarship applications are now available to any FA grad who is attending a post-secondary institution.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Surgical Services Department at Mayo Regional Hospital is observing Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March.

    Tilson, a Portland-based IT and telecom services company, recently hired Doug Gauthier of Dover-Foxcroft as a wireless technical installer and tower climber.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The patient advocate concept is a proven method of improving communication between healthcare providers and their patients, and is being fully supported by Mayo Regional Hospital.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met Feb.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROT — Students in Amy Fagan-Cannon’s seventh-grade language arts classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School had the opportunity to not only read the works of famous authors from the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th centuries but to then research the lives of the writers in order to create Facebook replica profiles posing as the authors themselves.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Families impacted by domestic violence and other issues now have a place in which non-custodial parents can visit with their children in a safe, supervised environment and parents can safely transfer custody of their children.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — One of our biggest challenges to small business owners today is providing health care for themselves and their employees.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has announced that a canning workshop will be held on Wednesday, Feb.

MAKING SOMEONE’S VALENTINE’S DAY A Valentine’s Day surprise happened at the Hibbard Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft as good Samaritan Dan Stern of Dover-Foxcroft brought a dozen long-stemmed red roses to a resident.

By Mark Chevalier Foxcroft Academy Director of Communications     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Six inches of freshly-fallen snow made for immaculate conditions at the 2013 Snow Golf Invitational, which was held at Foxcroft Golf Club Feb.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Public Health Council (PPHC) has teamed up with Piscataquis County and Dexter law enforcement and  area schools to reduce underage drinking and cut down on drug abuse and marijuana use.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thinking of starting or expanding a business? The Incubator Without Walls (IWW) program helps individuals start and expand businesses with five or fewer employees.