By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $13,742,710 was approved — with all 17 articles passed as written — in about 15 minutes during a district budget meeting on July 21 at the Ridge View Community School.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $6,877,684 was approved — with all 20 articles ending up being passed as written— during a district budget meeting on July 19 at Piscataquis Community Elementary School.

BDN photo/Linda Coan O’Kresik Eben DeWitt of Milo sits in his camp chair between the tee boxes on the ninth and 10th holes to watch the first day of the 50th annual Greater Bangor Open golf tournament on July 21 at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the current budget year having passed the halfway point — the spending plan for Piscataquis County follows a calendar year — work on the 2017 finances is well underway.

  Dyer will continue to serve in interim By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The selectmen did accept the resignation of Chief of Police Dennis A.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services will be available to assist area residents on the first Thursday of each month from 8:30 a.

  MILO — The Milo Garden Club will hold its annual Summer Fair at the Milo Elementary School on Thursday, Aug.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Marine Museum has received a $10,000 grant from the Piscataquis Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to upgrade its collections database.

DEXTER — The Dexter Historical Society is sponsoring a talk about town railroads on Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.

GREENVILLE — Moosehead Trails, a group helping to maintain walking, hiking, and biking trails in the greater Moosehead Lake region, is seeking volunteers for a trail stewardship work day on Friday, 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, Aug.

  GREENVILLE — The Shaw Public Library will be welcoming Roger Guay, former Maine game warden, for a book talk and signing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The June meeting of the Piscataquis County Retired Educators Association was held June 28 at the Bear’s Den.

By Nok-Noi RickerBDN Staff GREENVILLE — A local man who died in a June altercation, reportedly in a dispute over rental property, died of asphyxiation, according to the medical examiner’s office.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — Last month the SAD 41 board of directors opted to delay an approximate $10 million school construction project, with no timetable set to resume, based on the concept of a 25-year plan to address the facility needs in the district with pre-kindergarten through grade 12 all being housed at the Penquis Valley School campus.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GREENVILLE — With the town of Atkinson in the midst of the deorganization process, which if successful would change the community from a municipality to an unorganized territory (UT) falling under the jurisdiction of Piscataquis County, over 650 advisory referendum absentee ballots have been mailed by the county to registered voters in the UTs across the region.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — The town council gave its approval, via a 4-0 vote with several councilors not in attendance, to a net budget of $4,386,211 for the 2016-17 fiscal year during a July 14 meeting at the town hall.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MONSON — For the third year in a row a group, this year comprised of about 20 individuals, is hiking approximately 120 miles over 10 days from in-town Monson to the summit of Mount Katahdin through the 100-Mile Wilderness along the Appalachian Trail.