By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — Residents voted overwhelmingly to reject a local businessman’s offer to purchase the ill-fated Abbie Fowler building for a $1 during the March 30 annual town meeting.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The kids who graduated from Piscataquis Community High School nearly 50 years ago want to commemorate their golden anniversary by awarding two scholarships this spring to the Class of 2013.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A few days before the NCAA set its Final Four for the Div.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — SAD 4 and the University of Maine have teamed up to provide Piscataquis Community elementary and secondary students a trained peer to help them deal with challenging school and family-life issues.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — After it was first presented to the SAD 41 school board two weeks prior, the public had the opportunity to attend a hearing detailing the current stages of a proposed realignment plan involving different grade levels and existing and new programs during a meeting on March 27 in the Penquis Valley School cafeteria.

Contributed photoFISH & GAME DONATION — Jim Nicholas of the Dexter Fish & Game Association presents a $200 donation to Dexter Community Farm Project Coordinator Judy Wilbur Craig, which will go toward the project and Fossa’s General Store.

    DEXTER — Tri-County Technical Center held its induction ceremony for students becoming members of the National Technical Honor Society on March 21.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School Nurse Emily PolandDENTAL HEALTH MONTH POSTER WINNERS — In February the School Oral Health Program of the Maine CDC and the Maine Dental Hygienists’ Association sponsored a poster contest for National Children’s Dental Health Month.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer     BROWNVILLE — Students at the Brownville Elementary School and the Marion C.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Autism Awareness Month, during April, will be busy for the SeDoMoCha community with a number of activities planned in school and with the SeDoMoCha Helping Hands team taking part in the annual Walk for Autism at the end of the month in Bangor to benefit the Autism Society of Maine.

By Bill Pearson Observer photo/Bill Pearson    BUDGET SUMMIT — SAD 4 Superintendent Paul Stearns explains how Governor LePage’s proposed biennial budget would impact next year’s school budget.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Gardeners want to beautify their hometown by landscaping various areas, including the downtown area and around the Morton Avenue Municipal Building.

    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.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Homeowners may benefit in many ways from stocking their ponds with trout, such as visually enjoying trout swimming in their pond and seeing increased wildlife on their land.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Joanna Mee of Riverside Florist in Dover-Foxcroft has been inducted as a member of the Maine Master Floral Designers (MMFD).

    ORONO — Paige B.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lesley Chambers of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Rehabilitation Services department will receive the Clinical Educator of the Year award from the New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education.

    MILO — The annual Three Rivers Kiwanis auction will start Friday, June  28 at 5:30 p.