By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — With classes starting on Wednesday, Aug.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Randy and Colleen Richard are coming home again.

THE WINNERObserver photo/Mike Lange  Maine Employee Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) safety management consultant Andy Wood presents the Game of Logging winner’s $1,000 check to Sam Heffner of Greenville.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A blacksmith demonstration by Pete Polichak of Dexter will be held from 10 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — “Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands.

    DEXTER — On Aug.

By Minnie McCormick     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Retired Educators held a very successful basket raffle at Homecoming on Aug.

Once again the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union sponsored a pie eating contest as part of the annual Piscataquis River Festival on July 26 in Guilford.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following are the award winners as determined by a panel of judges (Nate Knight, Clint Rohdin and Bruce Thomas from the History Channel’s “Downeast Dickering”) during the 2014 Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming Parade “Northwoods Heritage” on Aug.

    MONSON — State Rep.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Please join the Mayo Regional Hospital Concussion Clinic, along with staff members from Foxcroft Acadey, for an evening of presentations and discussion on concussions Aug.

    MILO — The Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club will hold its annual Three Rivers Hamfest on Saturday, Aug.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy finalized the purchase of the homes at 956 and 966 West Main Street on July 23.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy’s upperclassmen put forth a remarkable performance on the 2014 Advanced Placement exams, with 17 students earning AP Scholar distinction.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Historical Society along with Molly Graham, oral historian and associate director of Oral History and Folklife Research Inc.

    MILO — The Milo Historical Society officials are very pleased to announce that the organization has been presented with a historic piece of property located along the Sebec River near the West Main Street bridge.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen has been asked to revisit two previously-requested ATV access routes in the community: passage through the downtown intersection and access along Route 15 over Indian Hill.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A dispute between Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Capraro and the Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club (PARC) came to a head last week as Capraro announced that he has restricted club members’ access to the emergency operations center bunker in Milo.