GUILFORD — The Mid-Maine Duplicate Bridge Club played on March 10 with the following results:     first, Ron Lyford of Hartland and Harry Bridge of St.

    SANGERVILLE — Effective livestock management can be influenced by many factors, which differ depending upon the type of livestock.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative (PVAEC) explore what it takes to be a farmer in Maine on Wednesday, March 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre announced that “12 Years a Slave”, the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture will be showing for three days starting on March 30 and ending on April 1.

By Rochelle WilliamsLibrary director     MILO — Books for sale.

    GUIILFORD — The Valley Grange will host an “Agstravaganza” on Friday, March 28 at their hall on the corner of Butter Street and Guilford Center Road.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — When many people think of CPR courses, they automatically assume that it’s a program designed for adult participants.

    GUILFORD — The Piscataquis County Economic Development (PCEDC) quarterly meeting will be held on Monday, March 31 from 4-7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thompson Free Library from 10-11:30 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a six-session course that covers moving a specialty food product to market.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen accepted an offer at its March 19 meeting to lease the vacant incubator building in the town’s industrial park to the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation (MLREDC) for a five-year period.

    BOSTON — Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,663 students in January.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Currently operating in the town of Milo is New Beginnings, a residential care facility with no dementia care capability.

BATTER UP Observer photo/Keri Foster Brian Woodworth, with Owen Pratt in the background, flips pancakes during the annual maple breakfast on Maine Maple Sunday, March 23 at the fire station in Dover-Foxcroft.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — Voters in Sangerville will face a 58-article annual town meeting warrant on Saturday, March 29; and if all articles pass, the budget will be about $25,000 higher than last year.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Searsport is around 70 miles southeast of Dover-Foxcroft, but the coastal community was a hot topic at the March 18 Piscataquis County Commissioners’ meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Last year significant work was done by the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to fix up the downtown travel ways in Milo under the Safe Streets project.