By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — For the fifth consecutive year, Valley Grange “Bookworm” volunteers are helping second and third-graders at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford improve their reading skills.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will be busy next week with a regular meeting and three public hearings on tap: two in Greenville and one in Milo.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Throughout October students on both sides of the building at the SeDoMoCha School have been busy with activities for Bullying Prevention Month.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — There will be plenty of choices for Dexter Town Council on the Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — Town Manager David Pearson was ready to present a signed agreement to transfer ownership of the former Abbie Fowler School from the town to the Sangerville Historical Society at last Thursday’s board of selectmen’s meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — In what is now an annual tradition for students in three area school districts when they reach grade 3, third-graders at the Milo Elementary School and Brownville Elementary were each presented with their very own dictionary from the Valley Grange on Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Linda-Jean Briggs resigned as Dexter town manager last week after less than two years on the job.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Community Health and Counseling Services and Pine Tree Hospice will be hosting the annual Celebration of Remembrance on Nov.

    GUILFORD — With holiday schedules filling, scores of volunteers are convinced local residents will enjoy a healthy serving of harvest with an opportunity to help Piscataquis Santa “make his rounds” this Christmas.

CARING MAGICIAN Contributed photo      On Sept.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — The Abner Wade Lodge in Sangerville was one of more than 150 Maine Masonic Lodges to open its doors to the public on Saturday, shedding some light on what some consider a mysterious fraternal organization.

    SANGERVILLE — On Oct.

    DEXTER — On Saturday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, Nov.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen learned last week that the net profit from any wood harvested from the town-owned woodlot on Marsh Farm Road could be lower than anticipated.

CHURCH SUPPORT FOR WOMANCARE      For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the congregation of the Living Word Assembly of God in Dover-Foxcroft made a donation from its “Jerusalem” missions to help continue support for Womancare and the agency’s work in helping all victims of domestic violence and abuse.

    Out of Maine’s 164 educational units, only six are organized as school unions, which are a combination of two or more school administrative units that share the costs of a superintendent and the central office, according to the Maine Department of Education.