By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Besides voting on the school budget, residents will be asked to ponder the fate of another question during the state’s referendum election.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MONSON — The selectmen have set a deadline for 4 p.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A pair of prize packages to tie in with Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day were both donated by Joy Gregory, a florist who owns Chloe’s Collections Florist & Gift Shoppe on Route 150 in Parkman to the Helping Hands organization at the SeDoMoCha School.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Stubby and Nena Schultz were the first couple to jump at the chance to go up, up, and away in a beautiful balloon in the Balloon Festival Committee’s first annual event to be held this weekend.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — On Monday, June 3 residents will consider several matters — a few of which pertain to the business park — during a special town meeting.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GUILFORD — The SAD 4 Superintendent Search Committee has narrowed the field down to two for replacing Superintendent Paul Stearns and plan on having a special June meeting to announce his successor.

By Dale Labbe     GREENVILLE — 1983 was a good year.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops the Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 and over on Monday, June 3 and Monday, June 17 at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

    DEXTER — The Pre-Technical (PT) program students and their instructor Steven Hughes and Building Trades (BT) program students and their instructor John Guay at the Tri-County Technical Center along with Boy Scout Troop 61 of Sangerville participated in an Educational Passages project.

Seventy five children attended the Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs event May 18 at Kiwanis Park behind the PRYCMA in Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Girl Scout Troop 712 from Milo helped serve residents at Hibbard Nursing Home for the Mother’s Day Social on May 12.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Wayside Grange Theatre at the meeting on May 9 made plans to welcome Ken and Jane Brooks for their May 25 appearance.

    MONSON — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) has received a $5,360 grant from the Recreational Trails Program administered by the Division of Parks and Public Lands of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to develop a walking trail linking the Appalachian Trail near the Appalachian Trailhead in Monson to a viewing area for the Goodell Brook Waterfalls.

    GUILFORD — The Piscataquis Community High School proudly announces Abigail Mae Riitano as the Class of 2013 Valedictorian.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Samantha Estes, RN, who began her nursing career at Mayo Regional Hospital in 1999, has returned to Mayo as Nurse Manager of the Intensive Care Unit.

    BROWNVILLE — The Brownville Elementary School recently received a grant for nearly $5,000 from the Maine Community Foundation to support the school’s outdoor classroom project.

    DEXTER — The Talent Night committee of the Wayside Theatre/Grange is planning a night of music and laughter on Saturday, June 29.

    DEXTER — The Ridge View Community School (RVCS) garden club invites the public to attend a garden open house on Saturday, June 1 at the RVCS garden from 10 a.