DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Public Health Council, a local Healthy Maine Partnership (HMP) in partnership with Mayo Regional Hospital and Maine’s Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, is providing the following free trainings:     Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS) on Wednesday, Nov.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first snowflake of the season may have just fallen, but the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft is already beginning its planning for this year’s Christmas Project.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The community is invited to the annual Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours and Harvest Trunk Show event on Nov.

Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis photo Marci King was a recent guest speaker at the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis meeting.

    GUILFORD — The JD Foundation is holding its second annual Christmas Auction on Nov.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Are you certified to work near water bodies? As of July 1, 2013, work within 250 feet of any water body (the shoreland zone) requires a certified contractor on site.

Observer photo/Mike Lange The Black Frog in downtown Greenville will be demolished this fall and replaced with a new restaurant and tavern called Puckerbrush.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Nov.

    MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/Brownville has begun work on its Secret Santa program for 2014.

    MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo/Brownville will be serving a Veterans Day dinner on Tuesday, Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MONSON — After years of working in the woods, Richard Fowles of Monson decided to concentrate on his favorite hobby: making hand-crafted wooden bowls.

SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth-graders got to see how chemists carve their pumpkins as Assistant Principal Matthew Lokken showed the grade 8 science classes a chemical reaction on Oct.

By Shelagh TalbotSpecial to the Observer     GREENVILLE — The Boston Post Cane was recently presented to the oldest resident of Greenville, Sarah Dean Fahey, at a delightful gathering at the C.

The inaugural Dover-Foxcroft Fall BOO-Nanza began on the late afternoon on Halloween with a kids’ costume parade.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Steve Robinson used to listen to the Howie Carr show while riding around in his hometown of Dexter with his father and grandfather.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the town of Dover-Foxcroft’s cable TV franchise agreement with Time Warner set to expire next year, town officials have begun the process to have a new arrangement in place.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — It’s been quite a few years since students roamed the halls of the Rockwood Community School.

    MILO — On Saturday, Nov.