By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Thousands of people are expected in Greenville on Fourth of July weekend as the town rolls out the red carpet for its annual summer festivities.

Staff Report     DEXTER — For the first time in years, there will be a Dexter 4th of July parade to go along with the traditional fireworks display.

By Mary AnnisDover-FoxcroftHistorical Society President     DOVER-FOXCROFT — We invite one and all to a birthday party for the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen approved the purchase of a mini-loader that can be used as a sidewalk plow and heavy-duty mower at their June 25 meeting and elected Richard Peat as chairman of the five-member board.

Jean Raymond of Dover-Foxcroft, second from left, is the grand prize winner in The Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find The Whoopie Pie contest.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Anita Wright, who has served as the literacy specialist/coach at St.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Residents of SAD 41 gave their approval to a 2014-15 school budget totaling $8,034,429 during the annual district meeting on June 26 at Penquis Valley High School.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The Maine Department of Transportation held a public hearing on June 24 at the Guilford fire station to outline plans to replace the deck on Memorial Bridge, a $1.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In today’s hectic world, people are often very busy with personal and work obligations.

Dobson prefers ordinance instead of board-generated policy By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — A Sangerville resident has been gathering signatures for a petition to force the town to add a code of ethics ordinance to next year’s annual town meeting warrant.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Like two sides of the tasty treat celebrated at the festival, the fifth anniversary of the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival on June 28 nearly doubled the size of Dover-Foxcroft.

A truck-telephone pole accident on the morning of June 18 on West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft pulled wires down across the road and nearby Sanford Street, knocking out power for over an hour.

    MILO — Who you going to call, the Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club (PARC).

A half dozen SeDoMoCha Middle School fifth-graders presented their science journals to the RSU 68 school board during a June 17 meeting.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, June 28 a Hooked on Fishing event for youth ages 15 and under will be sponsored by Save-A-Lot, the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and Hooked on Fishing volunteers.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club will hold a yard sale Saturday, July 12 at 66 Lincoln Street from 8 a.

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    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen’s second meeting of June has been postponed until Wednesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.