BIDDEFORD –  Ian Imbert, a 2007 graduate of Foxcroft Academy, received his master’s degree in public health from the University of New England on May 16.

BURLINGTON, Vt.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis announced that it will be continuing the successful school backpack program throughout the summer.

Mike Lange/Piscataquis ObserverREELING IT OUT — DEP workers unroll a containment boom at the Junction Wharf in Greenville during a June 17 training exercise with Central Maine and Quebec Railway, the Maine Emergency Management Agency and Maine Forest Service.

WATERVILLE – Spencer M.

Photo courtesy of Thompson Free Library STITCH OUT CANCER — The Thompson Free Library Knitting Group recently donated 12 scarves for the “Stitch Out Cancer Pink and White Scarf Project”.

PRESQUE ISLE — Abbot resident Abigail Mae Riitano was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Maine-Presque Isle.

FORT KENT — A pair of area residents graduated from the University of Maine-Fort Kent on May 9, with both receiving their Bachelor’s of Science in nursing.

Photo courtesy of Center Theatre DRAMA CAMP — Center Theatre Children’s Summer Drama Camp, circa 2004, with Jayne Lello seated bottom left surrounded by happy campers.

PCSWCD photo  MOFGA WORKSHOP — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District held an Organic Orcharding 101 workshop on Saturday, June 13 at Mossflower Farm in Sangerville.