The year was 1995, and Lewiston, Maine, was still a fight town.

  Funds will help get Parish House Museum wired By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer BROWNVILLE — The Brownville-Brownville Junction Historical Society recently received a $4,164 grant from the Maine Community Foundation, with the funds earmarked for improvements to the society’s Parish House Museum on Church Street.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — A proposed 2016-17 budget of $13,967,172 was approved during the annual district budget meeting on June 9 at the Ridge View Community School.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom A week after the entire study body posed outside in the formation of the numbers of 200 in honor of the Guilford Bicentennial, a picture of the scene was given to the town of Guilford by students in Peggy Cleaves’ fifth-grade class at Piscataquis Community Elementary School during the June 9 morning meeting.

  Commissioners nearing deadline for solid waste disposal decision By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — For a number of months, the Piscataquis County Commissioners have been weighing options for the long-term future of solid waste disposal as after 2018 the contract between the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) and the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company (PERC) expires.

  Organizers plan exciting changes for June 25 event DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the seventh year, the Center Theatre and Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce will partner with other local and regional businesses to bring the sweetest Maine festival back to downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom   Piscataquis Community Elementary School grade six teacher Diana Hobart, right, is presented with the first yearbook out of the box by Principal Anita Wright during an assembly on June 3 to kick off the school’s annual Arts Alive event.

In 2014, Maine voters passed the “Clean Water for Maine” bond.

GREENVILLE — The Shaw Public Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of the books available through the library.

Contributed photo The recent Project Linus Blanket Day 2016 was a huge success with 75 plus “blanketeers” finishing to date over 375 blankets to share with children in crisis.