Foxcroft Academy     GRADE 9 — High Honors: Avery Carroll, Madison Fadley, Kai-Kuo Hsu, Gabriela Johnson, Tian Li, Man Mei, Cooper Nelson, Abraham Simpson, James Smith and Xu Wang.

Local hardware stores ready for spring home improvement season By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     As the snow rapidly disappears, it won’t be long before homeowners will be participating in the annual spring ritual known as yard work.

“What can you find in the newspaper?” The Observer was at the Brownville Elementary School Hannah Gibson“Parades.

Merchant    DEXTER — Four seniors from Dexter Regional High School were recently recognized at the 33rd McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Games on March 9.

Foxcroft Academy senior Savannah Hobbs’ new writing project is “Third Grade Life Lessons”     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy senior Savannah Hobbs, whose novel “Third Grade Life Lessons” was published in 12 parts by the Piscataquis Observer last year and is now available on Amazon.

Observer photo/Bill Pearson     STUDENT ADVERTISERS — Piscataquis Community Elementary School art students, from left, Aiden Watt, Sadie Davis and Hunter Martel work on their print advertisements for the Valley Grange in the annual Newspapers in Education supplement.

Photo courtesy of Bobby KenistonFAMILY FEUD — In early March at the Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft students from Foxcroft Academy and PCHS competed in Keniston vs.

Observer photo/Bill Pearson     JUNIOR ADVERTISERS — Valley Grange 144 of Guilford presented Piscataquis Community Elementary students, from left, Madeline Taylor, third place, fourth grade; Avery Herrick, second place, fourth grade; Nyla Larrabee, first place, fourth grade; Qianna Ann Nadeau, third place, third grade; Matthew Burdin, first place, third grade; and Isabel Bussman, second place, third grade, for their hand-drawn advertisements in the Newspaper In Education project.

By Teagan CookDRHS senior     In today’s world, swearing has become more mainstream than ever.

    Note: The following is an abridged excerpt of a fictional story, which deals with issues facing teens today, was written during the last semester in a creative writing class at Dexter Regional High School.

By Fern MorrisonFoxcroft Academy sophomore     Foxcroft Academy hosted more than 100 guests for the third annual International Food & Culture Night.

By Adam MalinauskasDRHS sophomore     Start At School: Be Unprepared.

By Sam KeaneFoxcroft Academy junior     2012 was certainly a year to remember around the world, but specifically here at Foxcroft Academy.

    The Portland (Maine) Eastern Herald published the following editorial on June 8, 1795:        “Much has been said and written on the utility of newspaper; but one principal advantage which might be derived from these publications has been neglected; we mean that of reading them in schools, and by the children in families.

By Sam Keane Foxcroft Academy junior     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Winter Carnival 2013 was certainly a memorable one, with extreme effort exhibited by all classes in every event.

By Michaela WhiteDRHS sophomore     1.

Honor RollsLocal schools announce honor rolls Foxcroft Academy Foxcroft Academy announces the second quarter honor roll for 2012-13:     GRADE 9 — High Honors: Antonio Ayala, Racquel Bozzelli, Angelina Buzzelli, Avery Carroll, Jennifer Clawson, Alexandria Desmarais, Madison Fadley, Claire Hamlin, Dylan Harmon-Weeks, Gabriela Johnson, Sophia Kurzius, Tian Li, Man Mei, Cooper Nelson, Abraham Simpson, James Smith, Judson H.