DOVER-FOXCROFT — A large part of the Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival is the “Heritage” section which will be filled with local artisans and crafters who will be creating, demoing and selling their products.

    SANGERVILLE — The public is invited to hear Maine State Historian Earle G.

Nyla Larrabee, of Guilford, had a parakeet perched on the top of her head during a Pet Adoption Fair on April 6 at the Dover-Foxcroft Tractor Supply store.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The annual Community Project Linus Blanket Day will be held on April 20 at the Penquis Higher Education Center on Mayo Street from 9 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cooking Matters Maine is a partnership between Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit, and the Good Shepherd Food Bank.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts announces the successful installation of its new digital projector, and upgrade to the latest in movie technology.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Charlotte White Center recently received a $10,000 grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to assist in funding the Charlotte White Center’s business enterprise internship program.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Community Band will host a “Spring Out” concert April 21 at 2 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As a way to celebrate the advances made over the history of the extension of legislated rights to victims of crime, Womancare, the Piscataquis County-based organization working to end domestic violence, will acknowledge National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with a celebration planned for Friday, April 26 at the Piscataquis County Commissioners’ Room from 4-5 p.

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    DEXTER — “Water: Who ‘Owns’ It?” was the topic of the most recent First Friday Public Discussion at the Abbott Memorial Library April 5.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On March 28, the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival was selected as the winner of the 2013 About.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School community is busy with several events during Autism Awareness Month — once again the SeDoMoCha Helping Hands team will be taking part in the annual Walk for Autism at the end of the month in Bangor.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — SAD 46 School Board chairman Steve Crane began the April 3 meeting with a moment of silence to honor two board members who had recently died.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The status of a project to improve Main Street is still uncertain after Town Manager David Maynard received a phone call late last week from the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) informing him that federal monies earmarked for the project had been returned to the U.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — An amendment to the Dover-Foxcroft Land Use Ordinance will be included on the warrant for the town meeting — scheduled for Saturday, April 27 at 9 a.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Average home sale prices have consistently sold below assessed values since the town’s property revaluation in 2007.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Town Manager Gary Lamb unveiled to the select board on April 3 what he described as how a “no-increase” municipal budget would look like for fiscal year 2014.