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DOVER-FOXCROFT — After a two-year COVID hiatus, the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival is returning to downtown Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, June 25. The festival, which began in 2009, celebrates the taste of Maine

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department’s station will be ready for colder weather with both boilers in a dual system to be replaced in August after one was recently lost. “I guess the timing is good because as soon as it got warm enough not to need the boilers, one of them went down,” Town Manager Jack Clukey said during a select board meeting on Monday evening.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Frequent travel to Bangor for class can be a barrier to earning a nursing degree. Fortunately, a distance learning option is available that allows students to complete their coursework and clinical training right in Dover-Foxcroft.

District budget meeting set for June 6 MILO – A proposed 2022-23 SAD 41 budget totaling $10,839,851 was approved by the school board during a meeting at the Penquis Valley School on May 4.  The spending plan is now moved to the annual district budget meeting at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s dispatch center will have a new home in early 2023, but it won’t be the one that county officials have discussed for months as part of an overhaul meant to fix chronic radio communications problems for emergency personnel.  The dispatch center will be relocated from cramped conditions inside the Piscataquis County Jail to the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor, Sheriff Robert Young said.

Annual event set to return Saturday, June 25 DOVER-FOXCROFT -- Organizers of the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival announced Tuesday that they are moving forward with plans to have the festival in person, on Saturday, June 25 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The festival, the largest one-day event in Piscataquis County, brings thousands of people to Dover-Foxcroft to celebrate the taste of Maine

Maine adults seeking to pursue college have a new option to jumpstart their education with support from their local Maine adult education program. A new partnership between the Maine Community College System and the Maine Department of Education will offer tuition-free college courses to Maine’s adult education students.

PO-fishingacross-30-21 – Copy Photo courtesy of Lary Fiori FISHING AND FUNDRAISING -- Fishing Across Maine organizer Truc Huynh poses with his catch. In June anglers cast their lines to benefit Wayside Food Programs of Portland. Photo courtesy of Lary Fiori FISHING AND FUNDRAISING -- Fishing Across Maine organizer Truc Huynh poses with his catch. In June anglers cast their lines to benefit Wayside Food Programs of Portland. Fishing Across Maine raises $10,000 to fight food insecurity Througho...

Photo courtesy of University of Maine Cooperative Extension Gov. Mills declares Aug. 7-8 as Maine’s first Wild Blueberry Weekend With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Gov. Janet Mills declared Aug. With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Gov. Janet Mills declared Aug. 7-8 as Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend. The Governor made the announcement during a celebration at the Blaine House on July 23, where she was joined by a diverse group of wild blue...

PO-visioncare-30-21 Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom VISION BECOMES A REALITY -- Vision Care of Maine owner Dr. Curt Young cuts the ribbon for the new Dover-Foxcroft location during a Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 21. Vision Care of Maine moved up the street to its new home at 1012 West Main Street. Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom VISION BECOMES A REALITY -- Vision Care of Maine owner Dr. Curt Young cuts the ribbon for the new Dover-Foxcroft location during a Pisc...