DEXTER — On Wednesday, Jan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Did you know that one of the benefits of membership with the Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce is that your business qualifies for the Chamber BlueOptions Health Insurance Program? This is a program that several business owners in Piscataquis County are implementing to save money and provide themselves and their employees with the best possible health insurance options.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — MaineStream Finance, a subsidiary of Penquis, is offering a free Business 101 workshop to anyone interested in knowing more about starting a business.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital has been rated 16th out of 176 New England hospitals in the first-ever patient-based ranking of the region’s top hospitals.

    DEXTER — Each year, the Ridge View Community School Builders Club collects “Coins for the Closet” in an effort to help feed needy people in our community.

Sangerville’s Pack 61 Cub Scouts and their families enjoyed a fine Winter Family Fun Day on Davis Pond in Parkman.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Public Health Council, the region’s Healthy Maine Partnership, will be hosting an on premise (server) and an off premises (seller) alcohol training on Thursday, Jan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A free learn to skate program will be offered by the town of Dover-Foxcroft to children age 5 and older on Saturdays from Jan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twenty two students from Foxcroft Academy have been selected to take part in the District V Honors Music Festival.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School November students of the month at Dexter Regional High School are, from left, Larissa Bell, grade 12; Breanna Bussell, grade 11; Adam Malinauskas, grade 10; and Katherine Batron, grade 9.

    GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School and Piscataquis Community Secondary School in SAD 4 will receive Bronze Awards from the U.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the third consecutive year, students at SeDoMoCha Elementary School will have the opportunity to take part in a shared reading experience with their families through the One Book, One School program.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Do you know Dover-Foxcroft inside and out, backwards and forwards? “So You Think You Know Dover-Foxcroft” Trivia Night will be held Friday, Jan.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The commissioners unanimously approved to send a letter to a snow plow contractor about their concerns over road conditions between the townships of Barnard and Williamsburg.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — In 1922 George J.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — Students in the alternative educational program have had some additional options available to them for the past two years.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following the fatal shooting of 20 students and a half dozen adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Music students of Foxcroft Academy will perform solo and small chamber ensemble works at 3 p.