DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft is pursuing an Opportunity Zone 2.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The East Dover Cemetery will now be known at the Dow Cemetery of East Dover, as the name change was formally approved by the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board during a Monday night meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Flora Sands of Dover-Foxcroft celebrated her 100th birthday on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8 at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with dozens of family members and friends.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — What’s in a name? In Dover-Foxcroft the question is what is the name of a cemetery in the eastern part of town on land donated by the Dow Family.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board accepted the Villages Project Main Street Feasibility Study during a Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board formally approved a letter of intent for the Piscataquis Area Community Center to help the organization seek a Community Business Development Grant with the state’s Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board formally approved a letter of intent for the Piscataquis Area Community Center to help the organization seek a Community Business Development Grant with the state’s Community Development Block Grant Economic Development Program, with the motion made during Monday night’s meeting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board approved the 2025-26 tax commitment during Monday night’s meeting, with the mill rate to be $16.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Those who died in service of their country were honored during Dover-Foxcroft’s annual Memorial Day observance on Monday morning.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom MEMORIAL DAY IN DOVER-FOXCROFT – Participants in the 2022 Memorial Day parade in Dover-Foxcroft march from the fire station down East Main Street to the Piscataquis River bridge for a wreath ceremony.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft Interim Town Manager Alsina Brenenstuhl now has the temporary title removed.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft town manager search will continue after a candidate for the position withdrew her candidacy following a 3-3 vote by the select board on the appointment last week.

DOVER-FOXCROFT —  Dover-Foxcroft Communications Director/Project Manager Alsina Brenenstuhl will serve as the town’s interim town manager with Town Manager Jack Clukey departing at the end of the week.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — This coming summer the Maine Department of Transportation plans to widen the corner of East Main and South Street (Route 15 and Route 7) in downtown Dover-Foxcroft in part to allow for easier turns by tractor trailer trucks.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A preliminary concept design for downtown Dover-Foxcroft transportation improvements for the Villages Partnership Initiative Project has been completed by Gorrill Palmer with input from the Maine Department of Transportation.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board signed the 2024-25 tax commitment during a meeting on Monday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following last month’s vote to reject a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River — indicating citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permitting, and repair costs for the structure — a 9-member Mayo Mill Dam Review Committee has been formed to help determine the future of the site.