GUILFORD — A short time ago the Wayne Bennett family received an email from a young lady in Oak Park, Ill.

  Voters approve third version By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — A proposed $6,989,331 2016-17 budget was approved – with all 20 articles being passed as written over 30 minutes with a count of 101 registered voters at the beginning of the proceedings – during a district budget meeting on Aug.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three girls will reign as Miss Maple in their respective age groups for the next year after being crowned during the second annual Bob’s Sugar House Miss Maple Pageant on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Wednesday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Milo man was sentenced at the Piscataquis County Courthouse on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) and the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) will be hosting a “Meet the Resource Night” on Thursday, Sept.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library.

MILO — The SAD 41 Food Service program is pleased to announce that it will be participating in a new option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program, called the Community Eligibility Provision, for the 2016-17 school year.

SANGERVILLE — The Piscataquis County Democratic Committee is hosting a traditional election year supper at the East Sangerville Grange on Saturday, Sept.

DEXTER — The third week in September marks the National Council on Aging’s Falls Prevention Week.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — As you shift gears into fall, remember to take advantage of the resources and programs offered at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will be hosting a talk by Carlson Williams entitled “The Travels of an 1815 Moses Greenleaf Map of the District of Maine” on Wednesday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pine Tree Hospice’s Lunch & Learn program provides a monthly support group open to any community member who is experiencing grief due to the death of a loved one, whether recently or in the past.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The fifth annual Sound Bites will take place on Saturday, Sept.

  GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library will be hosting Mark Nickerson and John Ford with “Blue Lights and Funny Cider” on Wednesday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) will be hosting free workshops, “Essentials of College Planning,” for adults 19 and over at the Penquis Higher Education Center, 50 Mayo Street, on Thursday, Sept.

DEXTER — Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) next First Friday event will be Sept.

By Nick Sambides Jr.