By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — Starting in the fall, all grade 5 students in SAD 41 will be attending classes with pupils in grades 6-8 in the middle school portion of the Penquis Valley School complex.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom STUDENT’S REVENGE — SeDoMoCha Middle School fifth-grader Donnie Poole earned the honor of throwing a pie at Assistant Principal Nathan Dyer after being able to recite the most digits of Pi among his grade level — 112 digits of the non-terminating ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

GREENVILLE — Union 60 School Committee is pleased to announce Jim Chasse as the new superintendent for the 2016-17 school year.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — Over the next several months, nearly 200 communities across eastern Maine will be making decisions on the long-term future of solid waste disposal.

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis’ next cribbage tourney is scheduled for Saturday, March 19 at 1 p.

  LIMA, Ohio — The University of Northwestern Ohio is proud to acknowledge that Drew A.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Information on how to survive being lost in the woods, coping with a blizzard and getting through a flood were some of the poster subjects of SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth-graders on display at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft on the evening of March 10.

  Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Disaster plans researched by SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth-graders were on display at an evening presentation at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft on March 10.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Brand Leadership Team (BLT) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 23 from 5 to 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Creative Options will host a grand opening/open house on Thursday, March 17 from 11 a.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — A “Spring IS Coming” 10-cent book sale will take place at the Thompson Free Library, 186 East Main Street.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 2016 Community Project Linus Blanket Day will be held on April 30 at the Penquis Higher Education Center from 9 a.

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  SALT LAKE CITY —  Sally Metzger of Milo has received her bachelor of science in nursing from Western Governors University.

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center and partners have launched a new program to help tourism providers implement innovations that will strengthen their businesses, expand job opportunities and attract visitors to the Maine Woods.

By Dawn GagnonBDN Staff DEXTER — Fundraising is underway to help a Dexter dairy farmer after his two-story farmhouse and attached barn were destroyed in a fire on Saturday.

By Ryan McLaughlinBDN Staff SANGERVILLE — A home on Frenchs Mill Road was destroyed by fire on March 2, officials said.