GUILFORD — The Mid-Maine Duplicate Bridge Club played on April 28 with following results: tie for first, Austin Deane of Guilford and Clif Riley of Dover-Foxcroft with Ron Lyford of Hartland and Harry Bridge of St.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Val Walker, author of “The Art of Comforting: What to Say and Do for People in Distress”, will be the guest speaker at Pine Tree Hospice’s community forum on how to support and communicate with individuals who are going through serious illness, bereavement, or other difficult life circumstances.

    GUILFORD — The Valley Grange, long known for collaborating with other organizations, recently experienced some first-hand benefits from teaming up with the Mountain View Youth Development Program in Charleston.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The first-ever Guilford Pride Community Clean-Up Day is set for Saturday, May 10 as volunteers are needed to rid the streets, sidewalks and grassy areas from the ravages of Old Man Winter.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen meets Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — There are numerous facts and fantasies about Common Core making the rounds on the Internet, local coffee shops and citizen’s groups.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Two applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects were approved via a special town meeting vote on April 29.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — While many businesses in rural Maine are weather-dependent, farming is the most obvious one — whether you’re raising carrots or cattle.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Police Department had an unusually busy week that started with a high-speed chase involving a dirt bike and ended with an assault on an officer making an arrest on a domestic complaint.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Krystal Ahern will be observing Mother’s Day like millions of other moms.

Corridor moratorium article added to June 10 ballot By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Applications to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for three different projects in town were moved forward, as the selectmen passed a resolution for each during an April 28 meeting.

    DEXTER — “Education: how well are our schools working?” will be presented Friday, May 2 at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Maine Forest Service, Maine’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s (SFI) education committee and Pleasant River Lumber will be holding a Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) workshop on Friday, May 23 from 9 a.

By Nok-Noi RickerBangor Daily News Staff     DOVER-FOXCROFT — One suspect has refused to talk to police and the other says “he blacked out and does not remember” anything about the shooting that took place last week in front of their Lancaster Avenue house, according to a police affidavit.

MAKING ROOM  Photo by Rita Ilseman The old Methodist parsonage in Guilford was being demolished last week to make way for the new Family Dollar Store, set to open later this year.

Correction     In last week’s article on the Dover-Foxcroft shooting, the name of the street where the incident took place was incorrect.

    PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange extends an invitation to the 14th annual Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Wednesday, May 7, at 6 p.