By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With spring only nine days away — on the calendar, at least — snowplowing was still on the minds of the Piscataquis County commissioners last week.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     BROWNVILLE — A week and half prior to the 2015 annual town meeting — scheduled for Monday, March 16 at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy’s sophomore class won the “Wonders of the World” snow sculpture competition to cap a dominant Winter Carnival performance that also featured victories in five of the other nine categories: skits, tug-of-war, volleyball, snow baseball/softball and dress-up days.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft is pleased to announce its “Arts on Film” series.

    DEXTER — Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) will sponsor the two-hour film “Gasland 2” at the Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.

Photo courtesy of Milo Garden Club Terry Bouchard, a member of the Milo Garden Club, decorates for the meeting held Feb.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As a woodland owner, have you ever given any thought to “what’s next” when you are ready to move, retire or leave your land to family? Do you have a plan for what will happen to your land if you were to experience a major change in your life?     You may want to join the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD), in partnership with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County, as they present a farm and estate Succession Planning Workshop on Saturday, March 7.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital announced that cardiologist Dr.

    EAST SANGERVILLE — It has been four years since the Portland-based Press Gang last played at the East Sangerville Grange Coffee House and they are returning to perform again none too soon.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society meets Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy Jazz Band earned the highest rating (1) for its performance at the MMEA District Jazz Festival at the Stearns Auditorium in Millinocket on Feb.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Monson logger pled guilty to four charges of timber theft in Piscataquis County District Court in Dover-Foxcroft last week.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft announces a one-time performance of “In The Blood”, a live docu-exhibit illustrating the life, skills and character of the turn-of-the-century Maine lumbermen and river drivers.

    MILO — Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo and Brownville have sponsored a visit from a Paralympic athlete to the Penquis School on Thursday, March 5.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes A hungry deer looks up before enjoying some feed at the Sebec home of the Piscataquis Observer’s Jeannette Hughes.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As many may know, the Living Word Food Cupboard is closing on March 31.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A hearing on a preliminary injunction to prevent the town of Sangerville from paying legal fees in a disputed municipal election case will be heard on Monday, March 9 in Piscataquis County Superior Court.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy has received a $200,000 naming gift from lifelong educator Mary Fittig, whose contribution has jump-started the Mary Kammerer Fittig Humanities Wing capital campaign.