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GFWC/Miosac Club happenings

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met at Thayer Parkway Jan.

112th annual Audubon Bird Count results

The 112th Audubon Bird Count was held in the Dover-Foxcroft area on Monday, Dec.

Dr. Fernow to speak on senior care services

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lesley Fernow, M.

Dover-Foxcroft Granges to be remembered

GULFORD — The Valley Grange of Guilford is undertaking a project members hope will preserve an awareness of the historical role of Granges in the area.

Mayo Regional announces first baby of 2013 born in Piscataquis County

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Ushering in 2013, Mayo Regional Hospital announced the first baby of the year was born on Wednesday, Jan.

Mill entered in registry of historic places

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The American Woolen Company Foxcroft Mill in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places according to Earle G.

School committee doesn’t have the funds to demolish Nickerson building

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer GREENVILLE — Voters authorized the school committee to demolish the 49-year-old Nickerson Elementary School building last June, but nobody is expecting it to take place any time soon.

Parkman loses small claims court case over security installation

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Parkman lost its Jan.

SeDo. comes together to help student in need

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Members of the SeDoMoCha School community have held several fundraisers to benefit grade 8 student Raven Nally and her family while Nally is undergoing treatments for Ewing’s sarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor affecting children.

Town woodlot ready for a potential summer harvest

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer BROWNVILLE — Last spring the Board of Selectmen hired Doug Reed, a licensed state forester, to care for the town’s approximate 400 acres of woodlands.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Dover-Foxcroft resident Alice Shephardson, left, celebrated her 102nd birthday last week with her daughters Peg Wakeland, back, and Rachel Kimball at Hibbard Nursing Home.

VIRTUAL SELECTMAN

Observer photo/Bill Pearson — Sangerville Selectmen Melissa Randall and Tom Carone vote on Dec.

East Sangerville Grange to host ‘Gin Mill Julep’at Coffeehouse on Jan.5

SANGERVILLE — The East Sangerville Grange rings in the new year with the acclaimed Portland band “Gin Mill Julep”.

4-H program aide to lead UMaine Co-op extension youth effort

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County UMaine Extension Office recently welcomed Sheila Norman as a full-time program aide who will focus on the 4-H and youth programs in the county.

FDR topic of next James Brown Lecture series on Jan. 16 at Thompson Library

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library and the Foxcroft Academy Social Studies Department will present the next event in the annual James Brown Lecture Series on Wednesday, Jan.

LOCAL SUPPORT

— The New Hope Baptist Church in Dexter showed their support for the victims, 26 students and staff, that were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting tragedy in New Town, Conn.

Greenville appoints school superintendent to economic development panel

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer GREENVILLE — The board of selectmen appointed Greenville Superintendent of Schools Beth Lorigan to round out the 13-member economic development committee during their Dec.

Dexter legislator proposes bill to restrict Abbot Hill property development

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer DEXTER — A Corinna businessman’s plan to development the former Abbot Hill school property may be hampered by a proposed bill sponsored by the local state legislator.

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