DOVER-FOXCROFT — Representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services will be available to assist area residents on the first Thursday of each month, starting July 7, from 8:30 a.

  MILO — Through the district’s participation in the Summer Food Service Program, SAD 41 will be offering free meals for children and teens 18 and under.

By Ryan McLaughlinBDN Staff DEXTER — A local man was killed Sunday evening when the vehicle he was driving struck a tree on Garland Road, police said.

  Former B&A site now home to new railroad By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — Via a special town meeting vote on June 21, residents accepted the conveyance of the approximate 97-acre Derby Shops commercial railroad property on B&A Avenue.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $8,319,049 was approved during the annual district budget meeting on June 21 at the Penquis Valley School.

By Dawn GagnonBDN Staff GREENVILLE— A local man who died Saturday night had been involved in physical altercation reportedly over rental property, according to Maine State Police.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following the approval of all the items on the annual referendum warrant, the selectmen took the next steps for several articles during a June 20 meeting.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The long-term plans for municipal solid waste disposal across the Unorganized Territories (UT) in Piscataquis County are now in place after the county commissioners came to an agreement on where tonnage from the Lily Bay and Orneville transfer stations will go during a June 21 meeting.

  Observer photo/Stuart HedstromTABLE MANNERS NOT REQUIRED — Entrants in the youth whoopie pie eating contest see who can finish their treats the fastest during the 2016 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival on Saturday, June 25 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

Contributed photoGREEN IMPROVEMENTS — Skip Dodson from Circle D Spray Foam and Rollin Thurlow, chair of the Center Theatre’s facilities committee, examine areas in need of additional insulation.

GREENVILLE — Andrew Pierce recently received the Teen Wilderness Expedition Scholarship from Friends of Wilson Pond Area in celebration of the organization’s 25th anniversary.

  STANDISH — On May 14 St.

  WATERVILLE — A pair of Greenville High School graduates were named to the spring dean’s list at Colby College.

Contributed photo 50-YEAR MASONIC SERVICE MEDAL — Former Dover-Foxcroft resident and Foxcroft Academy teacher Richard Harvey, third from left, was recently presented with his 50-year Masonic Medal in his current hometown of Farmington.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The grand opening of the Center Theatre on Aug.

Photo courtesy of Living Word Assembly of God   CHURCH CONTRIBUTION — Pastor Charles Scott of the Living Word Assembly of God in Dover-Foxcroft recently presented Kenny Cates with a love offering to help him with medical bills due to lung cancer.

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  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet in the Thayer Parkway Community Room from 10 to 11:30 a.