PROVIDENCE, R.

    DEXTER — The May 3 First Friday public discussion at Dexter’s Abbott Memorial Library attracted a small but lively collection of local residents concerned about how and what society deems important to teach to itself and its children.

    GUILFORD — Spring has arrived and along with the first blooms of daffodils and crocuses, so has the perennial need for community-minded volunteers to assist in tending the various gardens and plantings throughout the village.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The organizers of the 2013 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival announced that for the second year they are hosting “The Amazing Whoopie Pie Race.

    SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Community Forest Committee started its reforestation of the town’s Bean Hill Woodlot May 5 and is asking for volunteers on Mothers’ Day, May 12, to help plant 1,500 seedlings and saplings.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nine students were awarded Horizon Scholarships from the Board of Trustees at Foxcroft Academy on May 6.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For five years area senior citizens have able to get together to share food and company, and hear from various weekly guest speakers, during bi-weekly meetings of Senior Network.

    Brownville Elementary, Milo Elementary and Marion C.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — The board of selectmen plan to have one final meeting with the budget committee prior to finalizing their recommendation for Fiscal Year 2013-14 spending.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — The SAD 46 board of directors recommended a proposed budget increase “pretty darn close to zero,” but that doesn’t mean taxpayers won’t be asked to pay more next year.

Darcy Merrill, RN was the recipient of Mayo Regional Hospital’s 2013 Nursing Excellence Award on May 6, part of the National Nurses’ Week activities.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Womancare, a Piscataquis County-based organization working to end domestic violence, marked the end of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with a forum celebrating the advances made over the history of the extension of legislated rights to the victims of crime.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — While the meeting lacked a quorum of board members, meaning the nominations could not officially be approved, candidates were presented for two new program teaching positions as well as the principal’s job at Milo Elementary during a May 1 SAD 41 school board meeting.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DEXTER — It may not be long before students in Beijing proudly display their Dexter Regional High School diplomas on their walls.

    DEXTER — Anna Handy, a sophomore at Dexter Regional High School has been awarded Honorable Mention in the District 3 High School Art Contest sponsored by the GFWC/Dexter Women’s Literary Club.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will meet on Wednesday evening, May 8 at 7 in the Gerrish Room at Thayer Parkway.

    PARRIS ISLAND, S.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Hard to believe that the Senior Network will be celebrating its fifth birthday on this spring.