Photo courtesy of Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR   WELCOMING A NEW MEMBER — Tisbury Manor Chapter DAR welcomed new member Rita Page at the May chapter  meeting.

Photos courtesy of Wilderness Walk for Warriors   GIVING BACK TO SOMEONE WHO SERVED — Wilderness Walk for Warriors recently donated the $1,900 needed to construct a wheelchair ramp at the Derby home of Vietnam veteran Eugene Jay to help Jay be able to get outside.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Area children ages 6-9 are invited to Harmony Camp 2016 from 9 a.

GREENVILLE — After considering several options for solid waste disposal for after 2018 when the current agreement expires, the selectmen opted to enter into a five-year, renewable agreement with Waste Management of Norridgewock during a June 15 meeting.

Contributed photo Shannen Rhoda of Dover-Foxcroft, second from left, is the grand prize winner in The Piscataquis Observer’s annual “Find The Whoopie Pie” contest.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes American Legion Post 41 of Milo conducted its annual flag disposal ceremony on June 11.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — All 11 referendum articles were passed by a majority of the 418 residents at the polls on June 14.

  Referendum would be July 26 GUILFORD — After a proposed $7,133,215 SAD 4 budget for the 2016-17 academic year was voted down at the June 14 referendum — by a margin of 389-149 across the six district communities — the school board will now be working to bring another version of the spending plan to the voters.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Dave Pearson reads the proclamation incorporating the town of Dexter on June 17, 1816 exactly 200 years later during a ceremony at the Dexter Town Hall.

GREENVILLE — A local woman who had been missing since the morning of June 13 was in good condition when she was found in the woods late in the afternoon on the following day officials said.

DEXTER — On June 17, 1816 the town of Dexter — then part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — was officially incorporated, named in honor of Judge Samuel Dexter who at the time was the Democratic candidate for governor of the commonwealth.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The sixth annual Piscataquis Cruise-In, sponsored by the Piscataquis County Republican Committee, will be held on Sunday, June 26 from 10 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The May meeting of the Piscataquis County Retired Educators’ Association was held on May 24 at the Bear’s Den.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Marine Museum is partnering with Moosehead Lake Divers to bring the history of steamboats on Moosehead Lake to life in the form of a historical documentary film “The Sunken Steamboats of Moosehead Lake.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three recordings of live opera performances captured on film will be shown at the Center Theatre this summer.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Bicentennial Committee would like to invite all businesses, clubs, family groups, streets and neighborhoods in the area to participate in the bicentennial parade on Saturday, July 30.

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