DOVER-FOXCROFT — Senior Gabi Henderson is Foxcroft Academy’s selection for the 2013 MPA Principal’s Award.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The charter members of the Piscataquis County Maine Chapter of Newborns in Need held their first informational meeting at the Dover-Foxcroft United Methodist Church on March 13.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Congratulations to Foxcroft Academy junior Mia Smith, who has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Outward Bound Leadership Award, which provides the course tuition for a 14-22 day Outward Bound Wilderness expedition.

    MILO — The Kiwanis One Day will be held on April 6 with a rain date of April 13.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MONSON — Prior to starting Monday’s town meeting, Selectman Shawn Nelson explained to the 28 residents assembled in the Monson Community Center about the economic challenges facing small towns in Maine based on Governor Paul LePage’s plans for balancing future state budgets.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     PARKMAN — Residents didn’t make many changes in their municipal budget as they easily approved  a spending package which shows less than a 1 percent increase.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — On March 25 Dover-Foxcroft resident and 23-year-old Army helicopter pilot Tysen Ober will be departing to run cross country, traveling across the U.

Having just wiped the whipped cream out his eyes, SeDoMoCha Middle School grade 8 math teacher Ryan Nickerson is forced to take an extra large helping of the topping to the face thrown by eighth-grader Marie Hartung during the school’s PI Day on March 14.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Three Piscataquis Community Secondary School male eighth-graders will no longer be attending school in the district.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — The council unanimously voted on March 14 to write off 25 of 31 uncollectable personal business property taxes passed due since 2006.

Public meeting March 27 at Penquis ValleyBy Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — As a way to provide more opportunities for the district’s students and to increase sources of revenues, officials in SAD 41 have been working on a plan that would realign some of the grades and programs.

Piscataquis Community Secondary School Principal Kevin Harrington welcomes Piscataquis County Sheriff Investigator Allen Emerson into the school on March 19 to monitor the hallways for unsafe behavior.

George Dean and members of the Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club conducted a very informative ham radio and communication presentation for Sangerville’s Pack 61 Tiger Scouts during a field trip to the Piscataquis County Emergency Operations Bunker in Milo.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Chapter of Newborns In Need will hold an informational meeting Wednesday, March 13 at the Dover-Foxcroft  United Methodist Church at 2 p.

    MONSON — On Saturday, March 16, from 6 to 9 p.

    DEXTER — Beginning this month, Results Physical Therapy and Wellness Center will be donating 10 percent of all new members’ first month’s gym membership to the EMMC Champion the Cure Challenge.

    DEXTER — Come join the student body of Dexter Regional High School as they spend the day showcasing their many talents in relation to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

    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.