By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the biennial budget of Gov.

    WATERVILLE — Christopher B.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The snow day book sale at the Thompson Free Library runs Friday, March 8, from noon to 5 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy English teacher Mia Morrison and science teacher Julie Willcott have each been accepted to the prestigious Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Chapter of Newborns In Need will hold an informational meeting Wednesday, March 13 at the Dover-Foxcroft  United Methodist Church at 2 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Creative costumes, a classic storyline and recognizable songs converge in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Greenville man questioned the procedure used for first nominating a county representative to the new Land Use Planning Commission then rescinding it in favor of another applicant.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of its commitment to employees who are members of the National Guard or are reserve members of the Armed Forces, Mayo Regional Hospital was presented with the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) — a Department of Defense agency — during a surprise ceremony on the morning of Feb.

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.