Photo courtesy of VFW Post #4298 VFW Post #4298 of Dexter recently elected officers for 2016-17.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Have you seen all the buzzing and activity going on at Central Hall this winter and spring? The Friends of Central Hall Committee (FOCH) are excited to announce that the time is near to start the landscaping, laying of engraved bricks and the fun part of putting this grand old building back together again.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.

MILO — The day before starting April vacation, on Friday, April 15, 390 students at the Penquis Valley School ventured into the SAD 41 community at seven different sites for a Day of Service.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County and over 180 other members of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) have already made or will be selecting a plan soon on solid waste disposal for beyond 2018 when the MRC contract with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company (PERC) expires.

  Annual D-F town meeting on Saturday morning By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — In June 2014 residents approved an ordinance concerning private distribution corridors, including paved highways, pipelines and high tension transmission lines.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — Residents voted during a special town meeting last week to enter into an agreement with the Municipal Review Committee to handle the town’s solid waste disposal starting in 2018 instead of continuing a partnership with the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company in Orrington.

  Focus on heroin and opiate use By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Medical providers, members of law enforcement, social service representatives, legislators and other members of the community gathered at Mayo Regional Hospital for a pair of community forums on April 19 to have a conversation on heroin and opioid use in Piscataquis County and across Maine.

GUILFORD — Students at Piscataquis Community Elementary School had an even greater incentive to read over the last few months as for every title the pupils read or had read to them, they could enter into a drawing to win a brand new bicycle thanks to the Mt.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library has been awarded a grant from the Rose & Samuel Rudmin Library Trust Fund in the amount of $600.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thayer Parkway Community Room from 10 to 11:30 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — GFWC/Miosac Club Sebec Lake Ice Out Chairman Anne Cress announces the contest winner is Betty Richardson with a perfect guess on April 18 at 4:15 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The office of U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre’s Youth Production of “The Sound of Music”, opened April 22 and audiences were thrilled with the production.

DEXTER — The evaluation of bone mineral density (BMD) is done with the DXA or bone densitometry test.

DEXTER — By a 64-5 margin residents of Dexter voted to approve a roof renovation/improvement project at Dexter Regional High School during an April 12 referendum.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — For the last several months, students across the region have been busy reading books or having selections read to them in an effort to win a brand new bicycle.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The selectmen signed a 12-article warrant for the annual town meeting on Saturday, April 30 at 9 a.