By Ginger Hutchins     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Penobscot and Piscataquis domestic abuse prevention resource centers are happy to announce our first joint volunteer training.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the snow keeps falling, we are starting to see and hear the signs of springtime.

    GREENVILLE — The fourth annual USCC Cross Country Snowmobile Race weekend is on tap for March 2-3.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, March 4 and March 25  at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

    SANGERVILLE — The March 1 session of First Friday public discussions will focus on “Making Our Local Food Production Even Better.

TIGHT SQUEEZE How many Pack 61 Sangerville Bear Scouts can you fit in a Sheriff’s cruiser? The Bear Den Scouts received a tour of the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft from Officer Jamie Kane.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy post-graduate Trustee Scholarship applications are now available to any FA grad who is attending a post-secondary institution.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Surgical Services Department at Mayo Regional Hospital is observing Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March.

    SANGERVILLE — The East Sangerville Grange is proud to be hosting JG and the Boofs on March 2 at 7 p.

    Tilson, a Portland-based IT and telecom services company, recently hired Doug Gauthier of Dover-Foxcroft as a wireless technical installer and tower climber.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The patient advocate concept is a proven method of improving communication between healthcare providers and their patients, and is being fully supported by Mayo Regional Hospital.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met Feb.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROT — Students in Amy Fagan-Cannon’s seventh-grade language arts classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School had the opportunity to not only read the works of famous authors from the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th centuries but to then research the lives of the writers in order to create Facebook replica profiles posing as the authors themselves.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Time is running out for 45 Greenville landowners to pay their 2010 property taxes by Feb.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MONSON — The board of selectmen plan on revamping the winter plowing contract before sending it out to bid in May.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Families impacted by domestic violence and other issues now have a place in which non-custodial parents can visit with their children in a safe, supervised environment and parents can safely transfer custody of their children.

By Shelagh Talbot     GREENVILLE — A grand old lady in Greenville will be celebrating her 100th birthday next year.

    MILO — The 2013 results of the Schoodic Lake Ice Fishing Derby are as follows:     The grand prize of a 2013 Polaris Sportsman 400 HO ATV was won by Deb Schmidt of Holden.