By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — Sign language is used by many people other than those who are deaf.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, community service specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Sebec Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Sunday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nature lovers and those concerned about environmental issues will want to check out three upcoming movies at Center Theatre this fall.

GREENVILLE — The Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM) is offering a dynamic tour titled “Managing for High Value Crop Trees and Chestnut Restoration”.

MILO — International travel increased in 2015 to more than 1.

DEXTER — Susan Ramsey and the North Country Strings play at the Wayside Theatre on Saturday, Sept.

GUILFORD — A short time ago the Wayne Bennett family received an email from a young lady in Oak Park, Ill.

  Voters approve third version By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — A proposed $6,989,331 2016-17 budget was approved – with all 20 articles being passed as written over 30 minutes with a count of 101 registered voters at the beginning of the proceedings – during a district budget meeting on Aug.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three girls will reign as Miss Maple in their respective age groups for the next year after being crowned during the second annual Bob’s Sugar House Miss Maple Pageant on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Wednesday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Milo man was sentenced at the Piscataquis County Courthouse on Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) and the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) will be hosting a “Meet the Resource Night” on Thursday, Sept.

GUILFORD — The Guilford Memorial Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library.

MILO — The SAD 41 Food Service program is pleased to announce that it will be participating in a new option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program, called the Community Eligibility Provision, for the 2016-17 school year.

SANGERVILLE — The Piscataquis County Democratic Committee is hosting a traditional election year supper at the East Sangerville Grange on Saturday, Sept.

DEXTER — The third week in September marks the National Council on Aging’s Falls Prevention Week.

By Kim Brawn DOVER-FOXCROFT — As you shift gears into fall, remember to take advantage of the resources and programs offered at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft.