DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual community Project Linus Blanket Day will be held on Saturday, April 25 at the Penquis Higher Education Center on Mayo Street from 9 a.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Are you a farmer, landowner or estate 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? 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 — As part of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Free Community Education Series Brian Miller, M.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen will have a busy agenda on Wednesday, Feb.

Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom Seventh-grader Ben Atwater shows part of his act for the SeDoMoCha Middle School talent show scheduled for Friday, Feb.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School is one of the newest participants in the statewide “Bikes for Books” program, thanks to the generosity of the Mount Kineo Masonic Lodge of Guilford and the Grand Lodge of Maine.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA announced recently that Deb Boyd, their current executive director, will be stepping down from this position to accept the role of CEO at the Old Town Orono YMCA starting in March.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — An annual tradition for eighth-graders in Ryan Nickerson’s math classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School is the “Barbie bungee jump.

McNaughton appointed to planning board By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — There were very few comments — except for words of praise — for five business license applications at the Feb.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — There are some people who barely tolerate winter and those who like to play in the snow.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — On the evening of Friday, Feb.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Keegan Cannell didn’t finish first in Saturday’s American Legion Oratorical Contest held at Thomas College in Waterville.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Regional Development Corporation voted to close Fossa’s General Store last week, but hopes to find someone to either lease or buy the building.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the last month students and families at the SeDoMoCha School had the opportunity to read Roald Dahl’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at home together as part of the fifth annual One Book, One School — copies were provided by the school.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School The Dexter Regional High School faculty would like to announce the November Students of the Month as selected by the faculty for being all around outstanding students and members of the school community.

    WORCESTER, Mass — Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that Rachel Cody of Dover Foxcroft, a junior majoring in chemical engineering, was named to the university’s dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2014 semester.