By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Womancare, a Piscataquis County-based organization working to end domestic violence, marked the end of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with a forum celebrating the advances made over the history of the extension of legislated rights to the victims of crime.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — While the meeting lacked a quorum of board members, meaning the nominations could not officially be approved, candidates were presented for two new program teaching positions as well as the principal’s job at Milo Elementary during a May 1 SAD 41 school board meeting.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — It may not be long before students in Beijing proudly display their Dexter Regional High School diplomas on their walls.

    DEXTER — Anna Handy, a sophomore at Dexter Regional High School has been awarded Honorable Mention in the District 3 High School Art Contest sponsored by the GFWC/Dexter Women’s Literary Club.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will meet on Wednesday evening, May 8 at 7 in the Gerrish Room at Thayer Parkway.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Hard to believe that the Senior Network will be celebrating its fifth birthday on this spring.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, May 6 at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

The front connector building is shown being removed at the Moosehead site in Dover-Foxcroft.

    GUILFORD — On Thursday, May 9 Piscataquis Community Elementary School grades 4-6 will conduct their annual spring concert at 6 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts announces its first digital “Day of Release” movie “Star Trek Into Darkness” which will open on Friday, May 17 at the Center Theatre at the same time that it opens nationwide.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Maine will sponsor a free Family-to-Family Education Program specifically designed for families of people diagnosed with mental illness.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators resumed meetings April 23 at the Bear’s Den with 13 members and one guest.

    SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Community Forest Committee will be reforesting three acres of the Bean Hill woodlot on Sunday, May 12 and is calling for volunteers.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s spring! Another sure sign is the opening of farmers’ markets all over the state of Maine.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — National Volunteer Week was April 21-27.

    DEXTER — The May 3 First Friday public discussion at Dexter’s Abbott Memorial Library will examine the role of “education” in passing along culturally important information and skills from generation to generation.

    GREENVILLE — Mark your calendars for May 2.