GUILFORD — On Thursday, April 25, 17 new members of the Piscataquis Community Chapter of National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) were inducted into membership.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — SAD 4 and county sheriff’s department officials announced last week a male seventh or eighth-grader has been identified as the alleged perpetrator of the first bomb threat at the Piscataquis Community Secondary School.

    GUILFORD — This year’s theme is Redneck Riverfest complete with a pig scramble organized by Herring Brothers.

    GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library will be holding a “Lily Sale” on Saturday, May 11 from 9 a.

    GUILFORD — Jolyne Guay, a Guilford resident and independent consultant with Tastefully Simple, Inc.

    GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library will be holding a “Lily Sale” on Saturday, May 11 from 9 a.

    GUILFORD — For over a decade, Valley Grange has honored a local citizen each year its with “Community Citizen of the Year” award.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The SAD 4 board of directors welcomed four new members on April 9 who received a quick introduction into the financial challenge facing the state’s educators.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Three recent bomb scares in SAD 4 schools have left students and parents alike in a frenzied state of mind.

Piscataquis Community Elementary School first-graders, from left, Scott Chadbourne, Kaileigh Elderkin and Dominic Cookson, swivel their hips to make their hula hoops go round and round on April 11 during the annual Jump Rope for Heart celebration.

Nyla Larrabee, of Guilford, had a parakeet perched on the top of her head during a Pet Adoption Fair on April 6 at the Dover-Foxcroft Tractor Supply store.

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By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Average home sale prices have consistently sold below assessed values since the town’s property revaluation in 2007.

    GUILFORD — SAD 4 will host a citizen’s forum to address concerns, answer questions and discuss ways for improving the climate within the schools.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The kids who graduated from Piscataquis Community High School nearly 50 years ago want to commemorate their golden anniversary by awarding two scholarships this spring to the Class of 2013.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — SAD 4 and the University of Maine have teamed up to provide Piscataquis Community elementary and secondary students a trained peer to help them deal with challenging school and family-life issues.

By Bill Pearson Observer photo/Bill Pearson    BUDGET SUMMIT — SAD 4 Superintendent Paul Stearns explains how Governor LePage’s proposed biennial budget would impact next year’s school budget.

    GUILFORD — The Mid-Maine Duplicate Bridge Club played on March 11 with the following results: first, Norman Bridge and Paul Bridge of Parkman; second, Joyce Cros of Dover-Foxcroft and Mary Johnston of Guilford; and tie for third, Austin Deane of Guilford and Clif Wiley of Dover-Foxcroft and Priscilla Higgins of Dover-Foxcroft and Norma White of Guilford.