DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free workshops, Essentials of College Planning, for adults 19 and over on Monday, May 6 at the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative, 48 Morton Avenue, at 9 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Homeowners may benefit in many ways from stocking their ponds with trout, such as visually enjoying trout swimming in their pond and seeing increased wildlife on their land.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The staff at Mayo Orthopedics in Dover-Foxcroft, in partnership with Shriners Hospitals, will offer a free screening clinic from 10 a.

    SANGERVILLE — The public is invited to hear Maine State Historian Earle G.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As a way to celebrate the advances made in the extension of legislated rights to victims of crime, Womancare will acknowledge National Crime Victims’ Rights Week with a celebration planned for April 26 at the Piscataquis County Commissioners’ Room from 4-5 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Fourteen members of the GFWC/Miosac Club met at Thayer Parkway on April 16.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A special presentation will be held at Senior Network on Thursday, April 25 when Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer and postal officials come to speak with participants about “Scams and Frauds.

    GREENVILLE — Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 2.

    GUILFORD — Jolyne Guay, a Guilford resident and independent consultant with Tastefully Simple, Inc.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Pine Tree Hospice Variety Show will kick off at 7 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.

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

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Will’s Shop ‘n Save associates and owner Will Wedge held a 10-day celebration to thank customers for their support of the local Shop ‘n Save since Will and his wife Melissa assumed ownership two years ago.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MONSON — A selectman wants the fire chief to take a more “professional” approach in the operation of the department.

Sangerville Bicentennial Committee members, from left, Pam Smith, Kathy Starbird and Kara Jackson display a quilt being raffled off to raise money for the town’s 200th birthday celebration on June 14, 2014.

Directors recommend $175,209 increase, town’s share is $57,806 By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     MONSON — The selectmen believe RSU 68’s proposed $9,825,513 budget for next year is too big for its small, rural tax base.

Celebrating Two Years by Giving Back Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom A 10-day celebration thanked customers of Will’s Shop ‘n Save for their support over the last two years since Will and Melissa Wedge assumed ownership.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     BROWNVILLE — A special town meeting concerning Brownville’s tax club has been scheduled for the evening of May 7 after the selectmen formally set the meeting on April 17.