DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will meet on Wednesday evening, June 4 at 7 in the Gerrish room at Thayer Parkway.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Cove Farmers Market (DCFM) recently received $3,000 from an anonymous donor at the Maine Community Foundation.

101st BIRTHDAY! Contributed photo Avis Spear celebrated her 101st birthday on May 19 with her granddaughter Judi from Virginia and a few friends at Pleasant Meadows in Dover-Foxcroft.

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    DEXTER — DDATT and the Abbott Memorial Library will be hosting a hands-on solar cooker workshop on Saturday, June 14 starting at 10 a.

    SANGERVILLE — The Center Theatre will once again be offering a summer drama camp for children, with a pair of sessions and productions.

    SANGERVILLE — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free weed identification walk at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Pollinators include bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and beetles.

Sixteen Brownville Elementary School students received $100 Futures of Maine college scholarships from Maine College Circle on May 30 after being selected based on their college and career aspiration essays.

Twenty-three Milo Elementary School students received $100 Futures of Maine college scholarships from Maine College Circle on May 30 after being selected based on their college and career aspiration essays.

By Rochelle WilliamsLibrary Director     Ongoing book sale: there is a nice variety to choose from of authors and subjects (suspense, romance, mystery, etc.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Barbara Clark, center, of Dover-Foxcroft was the winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s Find the Hot Air Balloon Contest.

    MILO — The Milo Events Committee invites the public to the 2014 Milo Black Fly Festival on Saturday, June 7.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the referendum ballot set to be decided at the polls on Tuesday, June 10, citizens had a final chance to inquire about the election items during a public hearing as part of a May 28 selectmen’s meeting.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom A hot air balloon travels over the town of Dover-Foxcroft on the evening of May 31 during the second annual Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival, after taking off from the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds and traveling to Sangerville.

District-wide referendumon Tuesday By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voters from the four RSU 68 communities attending the annual district budget meeting May 27 at the SeDoMoCha School gave their approval to a budget totaling $9,972,119 for the 2014-15 academic year.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — American Legion Post 29 of Dover-Foxcroft hosted a dinner honoring all veterans from Dover-Foxcroft who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam Warera.

    DEXTER — Bluesmen DW Gill and Dave Mello will perform on Saturday May 31 at 7 p.