By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — The Piscataquis County community once known as Amestown will celebrate its 200th birthday on June 14, 2014.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents will be deciding on a pair of amendments to the Land Use Ordinance when they vote on the annual town meeting referendum June 10, after the selectmen made the decision to include impact fee and contract rezoning articles during a meeting on March 10.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Even in the high-tech world, some things are out of human control — like the weather.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Want to learn more about the Healthy Community and Thriving in Place projects? Members of the community are invited to a lunchtime celebration of the initiatives at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA from 11 a.

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

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    MILO — The town of Milo was recently notified the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be placing structural steel reinforcing under the decking of the Pleasant River bridge to preserve the existing life of the structure, starting right after Labor Day with an eight-week construction period.

    MILO — A project to repave Route 11 from the Main Street bridge to the Brownville town line is expected to go to construction in June.

    MILO — Construction of the Safe Streets (Main Street project) Phase II project will begin as soon as possible in April, with a contract completion date of June 30.

DEXTER PIRATES Dexter Regional High School will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical “The Pirates of Penzance“ on March 20-21 at 7 p.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Photo courtesy of Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center Ada Rockwell, a resident of the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center in Dover-Foxcroft, celebrated her 103rd birthday on March 6.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, community service specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Borestone Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — GFWC/Miosac Club met at Thayer Parkway March 18 with 16 members present.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Dexter Regional High School is proud to announce that the following students have been selected by the faculty as Students of the Month for January.

    GARLAND — The State Medical Examiner’s Office says a Dover-Foxcroft man found dead in a Garland home March 5 died from natural causes.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen have reemphasized their position not to sell the vacant building in the industrial park, formerly occupied by Pepin Associates.