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.

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 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.

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

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

    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.

    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.

     — 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.

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.

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.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — The board of selectmen were looking to reward two municipal department heads for some frugal spending in 2012.