DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two relatives of the late Michael S.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Penquis’ Smart Starts for Students program is currently accepting registrations from parents and guardians who need back to school supplies for their children — the registration deadline is Aug.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Police Department is investigating a report of an armed robbery at the China Garden Restaurant on Church Street Saturday night July 13.

Renovation of the porch roof and replacement of the clapboard siding continues at the Sangerville Town Hall.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen will meet Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 p.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MONSON — Food, fun and fireworks highlight the annual Monson Summerfest scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 19-20.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Swimming and operating watercraft at high speeds are not supposed to take place around the “no wake zone” at Lake Wassookeag channel in Dexter.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — With students returning for a new school year in approximately a month and a half, officials in SAD 41 are busy readying for the pupils’ return with teaching positions being filled, new programs getting up and running and classrooms being prepared.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GARLAND — Residents of Garland enacted a 180-day moratorium on any development related to the proposed east-west corridor at a special town meeting on July 10.

By Nikky RaneySpecial to The Piscataquis Observer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Karen and Fred Cookson were left with nothing but the clothes on their backs when a fire completely destroyed their working farm Sunday afternoon.

    BANGOR — Courtney Edgerly of Dover-Foxcroft made the University of Maine at Augusta-Bangor Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester.

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    GUILFORD — There are some very exciting additions to this year’s River Festival on Saturday, July 27.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Daniel D.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) and the Central Maine Chapter of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM) are hosting a Biggest Tree Contest in partnership with Maine Forest Service and Project Canopy.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy alumni have cast their votes for the Tillson D.

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