By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Currently operating in the town of Milo is New Beginnings, a residential care facility with no dementia care capability.

BATTER UP Observer photo/Keri Foster Brian Woodworth, with Owen Pratt in the background, flips pancakes during the annual maple breakfast on Maine Maple Sunday, March 23 at the fire station in Dover-Foxcroft.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — Voters in Sangerville will face a 58-article annual town meeting warrant on Saturday, March 29; and if all articles pass, the budget will be about $25,000 higher than last year.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Searsport is around 70 miles southeast of Dover-Foxcroft, but the coastal community was a hot topic at the March 18 Piscataquis County Commissioners’ meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Last year significant work was done by the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to fix up the downtown travel ways in Milo under the Safe Streets project.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     GUILFORD — For a half dozen years the Valley Grange has sponsored advertisements in The Piscataquis Observer’s Newspapers in Education supplement in which the ad content is created and drawn by area school children.

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 Pictured are members of the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis who attended the Terrific Kids awards ceremony at the Ridge View Community School in Dexter on March 10.

    DEXTER — The Carl R.

    GREENVILLE — Outside, America’s leading active lifestyle brand, has selected the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) as an honoree in their annual Travel Awards, which celebrate the top destinations, companies, products, and travel providers — in the U.

By Beth Ranagan     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Meg Callaway, director of Charlotte White’s new Behavioral Health Home project, presented information and answered attendees’ questions at the National Alliance on Mental Illness Speaker Night on Monday, March 10 at Mayo Regional Hospital.

    GUILFORD — Spencer C.

    MONSON — The spring Monson 4-H After-School Program will begin March 24 from 3:45 to 5 p.

Contributed article     GREENVILLE — More Moosehead Lake area residents can quickly e-mail photos, download music, participate in e-learning and video conferencing now that FairPoint Communications has expanded broadband service again.

    MILO — The Piscataquis Amateur Radio Club and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will be conducting a ham radio “simplex” test from Milo on Wednesday, March 26 starting at 8 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, April 2 at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club invited the public to the club’s annual high school art show on Sunday, March 23 from 2-4 p.

    GUILFORD — Valley Grange, well known for its partnerships and support of local elementary schools and students, has asked students to join in an effort to support troops stationed overseas by supporting the “Coups for Troops” program.