Saia Miles, a third-grader from Sangerville, decided with the support of her mother that she wanted to do something different on her birthday.

The Bear Scouts from Sangerville’s Pack 61 spent two den meetings making snowshoes out of PVC pipe, string and tarps.

    DEXTER — Georgia Charles has been selected as the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Student of the Year at the Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC).

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Whoopie Pie Festival will be celebrating its fifth anniversary on Saturday, June 28 and event organizers are planning to make it a celebration to remember.

    SANGERVILLE — The final concert in the East Sangerville Grange coffeehouse series will be a home grown affair.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Monday, April 28, from 7-8:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Shake the mud off your shoes and go to the Center Theatre on Friday, April 25 at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — What do you need to live a healthier life? What can we do as a community to help meet those needs? People of all ages — seniors, families with kids and teens — are invited to participate in a community conversation called “Feel Good Piscataquis” from 6 to 8 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following are important upcoming events for eighth-grade students (and their parents) who will be attending Foxcroft Academy next year.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen unanimously voted last week to add an article to the annual town meeting warrant to transfer management of the Crafts-Sheridan Education Fund to the Maine Community Foundation and to recommend passage of the article.

    GUILFORD — The Mid-Maine Duplicate Bridge Club played on April 14 with the following results: first, Ron Lyford of Hartland and Harry Bridge of St.

    DEXTER — Governor Paul LePage has designated $20,000 from his contingency funds to support the continuation of services offered by the Penquis Journey House in Dexter.

Staff Report     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police are investigating a shooting that took place Tuesday morning at a Lawrence Street residence in Dover-Foxcroft, according to Police Chief Dennis Dyer.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — It was a different type of school day in Greenville on April 18, as students from kindergarten to senior high had an opportunity to explore a variety of occupations from real estate agent to paramedic.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Public hearings on two different grant applications concerning the town of Milo will take place on the evening of Tuesday, April 29 at the town hall, with one starting at 6:30 and the other at 7 p.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Hardwood Products in Guilford is doing exceptionally well nowadays, considering that many Maine wood products firms were decimated by foreign competition years ago.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In September of 2012, residents gave their approval to a Riverfront Redevelopment Municipal Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district for the former Moosehead/Mayo mill site along the Piscataquis River.