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Deb’s Little Big Band at the Wayside Theatre

DEXTER – Get “In the Mood” at the Wayside Theatre with Deb’s Little Big Band on Saturday, Sept.

Blacksmith demo Saturday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A blacksmith demonstration by Pat Roy of Belfast will be held from 10 a.

Prescription drug take back set for Saturday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Saturday, Sept.

PCSWCD celebrates 70th anniversary Sept. 27

Staff Report SOUTH SANGERVILLE — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) is hosting a 70th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Sept.

Small business loan-grant session set for Sept. 30

GREENVILLE — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) will host a free public workshop on low-interest “creative” loans and other financing options for small business Tuesday, Sept.

GUILFORD BOSTON POST CANE

Contributed photo June Elizabeth (Edgerly) Mitchell is the current holder of the Boston Post Cane as the oldest living Guilford resident.

NAMI Education Night features crisis intervention talk

By Beth Ranagan DOVER-FOXCROFT — A group of local residents and some folks from North Carolina, Texas and Florida, who were vacationing in Maine, listened to Ted Hunt explain crisis intervention in an engagingly informative talk at NAMI’s Education Night at Mayo Regional Hospital on Sept.

Planning to start for Guilford’s bicentennial celebration

GUILFORD — 2016 marks Guilford’s 200th birthday and a full year of events are being planned to celebrate.

D.A. unhappy about ex-employee’s payment

By Mike LangeStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — District Attorney R.

Greenville selectmen approve wording for ATV straw vote

Staff Report GREENVILLE — Registered voters in Greenville will have three questions to consider in November regarding ATV access in the community, thanks to action taken at last week’s board of selectmen’s meeting.

Low vision group meets on Oct. 3

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thompson Free Library from 10 to 11:30 a.

D-F Fire Department receives $63,000 grant

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine’s legislative delegation has announced that the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department will receive $63,431 through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program, with the funding covering protective gear and an air refill station.

Family of eight loses home, three dogs in fire

By Mike LangeStaff Writer DEXTER — Fire heavily damaged a Silvers Mills Road home in Dexter Saturday afternoon, displacing a family of eight and claiming the lives of three dogs.

Street work nearing a conclusion

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer MILO — Travelers going through downtown Milo and on Park Street will soon no longer have to contend with construction.

Greenville Recreation Center up and running at Leisure Life Resort

By Mike LangeStaff Writer GREENVILLE — After several years of moving from one location to another, the Greenville Recreation Department now has a permanent home.

Sheriff’s Department may lease new vehicles if price is right

By Mike LangeStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department’s fleet of vehicles for its full-time deputies is showing its age.

Race to End Domestic Abuse on Oct. 5

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer GUILFORD — National news stories in recent months have covered events involving incidents of domestic violence.

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