Staff Report GREENVILLE — New this year, a five-member budget committee will review the proposed 2016-17 spending plan prepared by Town Manager John Simko and the various department heads and approved by the selectmen.

Photo courtesy of PCSWCDWELCOMING SPRING — The PCSWCD will host a welcome spring celebration on March 19 at the Law Farm.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromBREAKFAST POSTER CONTEST WINNERS — A half dozen students at the SeDoMoCha Middle School in Dover-Foxcroft won prizes in a breakfast poster contest.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The county commissioners tabled a decision on signing a contract with the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) for management and disposal of municipal solid waste after 2018, when its current agreement expires.

By Rochelle WilliamsLibrary Director MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis project for last year was to paint the downstairs of the Milo library.

  GUILFORD — For the first time in its now 200-year history, the annual Guilford town meeting will begin with a potluck supper.

Local author and historian Bill Sawtell recently published his 51st book, “The Rocket Lanes of Dover-Foxcroft”.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Music students of Foxcroft Academy will perform solo and small chamber ensemble works at 3 p.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 2016-17 academic year budget continues to be updated, with a preliminary spending plan scheduled to be presented to the school board at the April 5 meeting.

MONSON — Join the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) for the first quarterly meeting of 2016.

Photo courtesy of PRYMCAFULL PLATES LEAD TO FULL POTENTIAL — Regional YMCA Healthy Project Coordinator Erin Callaway, Piscataquis (back row, second from the left), recently visited Washington, D.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, community service specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Sebec Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday, March 17 at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A sure sign that spring is just around the corner ‚Ä“ it’s time to start pruning fruit trees.

Photo courtesy of GFWC/Miosac ClubSOFT TOYS FOR MAYO REGIONAL HOSPITAL — GFWC/Miosac Club members were scheduled to make toys for Mayo Regional Hospital  at the Feb.

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromMARTIN’S CLEANING SERVICE — The family owned and operated Martin’s Cleaning Service is hoping to expand its capabilities through a $50,000 grant application from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Micro-Enterprise Program.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — For the second consecutive year students at the Piscataquis Community Elementary School have an even greater incentive to read with the Bikes for Books program, this year being sponsored by the Mount Kineo #109 Masonic Lodge of Guilford and Abner Wade #207 of Sangerville.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — With the annual town meeting taking place on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.