By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Currently, Piscataquis County officials are working on a 2016 county budget totaling $4,007,542 for the 2016 calendar year along with a sum of a little more than $1,471,870 for the Unorganized Territories (UT) for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nearly 200 Maine communities, including many in Piscataquis County and the surrounding areas, are part of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) and through this arrangement town waste is sent to the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company (PERC) in Orrington.

  Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Foxcroft Academy Algebra I students Michaleb Niles, blue shirt, and Caleb Ladd — whohad Mason McLeish in their group — watch as their Barbie doll takes the plunge from the top of the stairwell to the steps near the bottom as part of a lesson in linear functions on Dec.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — What was likely just a formality was also a necessity, as a slight change in the wording of a warrant article authorizing the town and Milo Fire Department to apply for FEMA grant funding was OKed during a special town meeting on Dec.

DEXTER — The Harold J.

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — A “support public libraries ” 10-cent book sale at the Thompson Free Library on 186 East Main Street runs on Thursday, Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church will be hosting a pair of free Christmas concerts, as well as the annual Kris Kringle Koffee from 9-11 a.

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

     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met at Thayer Parkway Nov.

         SANGERVILLE — Fans of Americana, blues, folk, bluegrass and rockabilly are in for a treat when The Jim Gallant Band takes the stage at the East Sangerville Grange Coffee House on Saturday, Dec.

MILO – With Maine ranked first for food insecurity in New England and 12th in the nation, the Maine Credit Union League and Cross Roads Ministries in Old Town have teamed up once again for the 14th annual End Hunger Walking Tour to show solidarity and support for those suffering from hunger.

Special meeting on community bill of rights ordinance Dec.

  The Dover-Foxcroft Hometown Holidays committee is excited about this year’s festivities.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT – A proposed $4,007,542 Piscataquis County budget for 2016, along with a little more than $1,471,870 for the Unorganized Territories (UT) in 2016-17, was presented at a public hearing on the evening of Nov.

MILO — The town of Milo’s annual celebration, Milo’s Hometown Holidays, is happening on Saturday, Dec.

Photo courtesy of The Eastern Gazette   The Dacano’s Fund at the Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) in Dexter, which helps students overcome any issue that might prevent them from being successful in their programs and was established by the family of Dacano Arno, recently received a donation from the Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival Committee and the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce.

DEXTER — The Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition’s First Friday movie for Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Marie E.