By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Atkinson has a population of 326.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — A loss of electrical service, resulting from an equipment failure, caused a total of 4,373 customers of the Bangor Hydro Electric Company in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties be without power for several hours on the afternoon of Friday, April 12.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — On Monday, April 22 the Board of Directors for the Penquis Solid Waste Corporation (PSWC) will hold an informational public hearing at 6 p.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The SAD 4 board of directors welcomed four new members on April 9 who received a quick introduction into the financial challenge facing the state’s educators.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Three recent bomb scares in SAD 4 schools have left students and parents alike in a frenzied state of mind.

Piscataquis Community Elementary School first-graders, from left, Scott Chadbourne, Kaileigh Elderkin and Dominic Cookson, swivel their hips to make their hula hoops go round and round on April 11 during the annual Jump Rope for Heart celebration.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club held its hobby night meeting at Thayer Parkway on April 2.

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

    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.