DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities is very excited to announce preparations are in full swing for their very popular and largest fundraiser and summer tradition – the Kiwanis Auction — to be held July 27–30 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds in Dover-Foxcroft.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Something fishy that has been going on all year with SeDoMoCha Elementary School fourth-graders came to an end along the banks of the Piscataquis River at Brown’s Mill Park on May 25.

MILO — Those who served throughout the nation’s history, in times of war and times of peace alike, are recognized at the Veterans Memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Milo which includes monuments to past wars, the branches of the military, and stones engraved with names of local veterans.

GUILFORD – A proposed 2023-24 SAD 4 budget totaling $8,473,000 was approved during the evening of May 24 at the annual district budget meeting held in the Piscataquis Community Elementary School cafeteria.

Each spring and fall the Greenville Junction Friends, a nonprofit group from Greenville, sends out its newsletter “The Scoot”, which was named for a vehicle that they used on the railroad tracks years ago for track inspection.

By Kim Brawn June is when the outdoors becomes a second home.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be giving away tomato seedlings at various locations in Piscataquis County from May 30 to June 7.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District will be hosting an organic orchard care program on June 14 from 5:30-7:30 p.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings is pleased to announce that Vicki Alward, chief risk officer and Dan Tilton, head of sales and customer relations, have been promoted to executive vice president.

Ten members of the Piscataquis Region Retired Educators Association met on May 23 at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff All-terrain vehicle enthusiasts from across the state are expected to put on some serious miles over Memorial Day weekend with the official opening of the 2023 Maine ATV season.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — About four months after the doors were first opened, Whitney’s Variety on East Main Street was formally welcomed to the region with a Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony during the business’ grand opening festivities held in the early afternoon of Thursday, May 25.

Nearly eight decades ago, two young brothers discovered two Army-style jackets strewn along the area known today as Pritham Avenue in Greenville.

Observer file photo/Jeannette Hughes MILO’S ANNUAL CEREMONY — A rifle salute on the West Main Street bridge is part of a past Memorial Day observance in Milo.

GARLAND — This year’s Memorial Day (Monday, May 29) observance will feature a band concert of patriotic music at 7:30 a.

American Legion Conner-Trafton Post 119 of Guilford will be conducting three Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday, May 29.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY IN DOVER-FOXCROFT – Participants in the 2022 Memorial Day parade in Dover-Foxcroft march from the fire station down East Main Street to the Piscataquis River bridge for a wreath ceremony.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School MAINE MUSICALE WINNER — Gaberiel Von Kres was the overall winner for Dexter Regional High School of the “Manie Musicale 2023” competition in the French classes.