By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The county commissioners want to extend their contract with Moosehead Rubbish of Greenville to provide services for the Lily Bay transfer station until 2018.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the first draft of the 2013-14 municipal budget, which was presented to the Board of Selectmen late last month, remaining flat at the town level the Budget Advisory Committee has begun its work in preparing the spending plan for the annual town meeting on the last Saturday of April.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the biennial budget of Gov.

    WATERVILLE — Christopher B.

    GREENVILLE — Dawna Blackstone of Shirley has been named the new Piscataquis education programs coordinator for the Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC’s) Maine Woods Community Youth and Environment Project.

    SANGERVILLE — About 30 area residents gathered at the East Sangerville Grange on Friday evening, March 1 for a diverse local-foods potluck (such as roast turkey and rabbit, apple ciders, sauerkrauts, dried fruit, coleslaws, blueberry cobbler and buckwheat cake) before settling down to discuss the status of local food production itself.

The following students have been selected as Dexter Regional High School’s Students of the Month for January, from left, freshmen: Libby Toothaker; sophomores: Adrianna Handy; juniors: Zhi Li (Bob); and seniors: Jane Strauch.

Sangerville Pack 61 Cub Scouts held their Pinewood Derby on Feb.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The snow day book sale at the Thompson Free Library runs Friday, March 8, from noon to 5 p.

    DEXTER — The Penquis Beekeepers next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 12 at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy English teacher Mia Morrison and science teacher Julie Willcott have each been accepted to the prestigious Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program.

    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.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Creative costumes, a classic storyline and recognizable songs converge in Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.

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

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Greenville man questioned the procedure used for first nominating a county representative to the new Land Use Planning Commission then rescinding it in favor of another applicant.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In recognition of its commitment to employees who are members of the National Guard or are reserve members of the Armed Forces, Mayo Regional Hospital was presented with the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) — a Department of Defense agency — during a surprise ceremony on the morning of Feb.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer    SANGERVILLE — You’d think with 73 articles in place for the March 23 town meeting that Sangerville residents would be voting on the same issue more than once: and you’d be right.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first draft of the proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year was presented by Town Manager Jack Clukey during a Feb.