Contributed photoGRAND REOPENING – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May 30 at Shiretown Pizza in Dover-Foxcroft to mark the reopening of the popular restaurant by former owner Pam Ames.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PATRIOTIC TRAVELWAY – Twenty American flags now line a stretch of West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft, flags funded by the GFWC/Miosac Club.

 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School is helping to end student hunger by participating in the summer food service program.

   By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Six Foxcroft Academy alumni were inducted to the Academic Hall of Fame at a ceremony on May 9.

By Judy HarrisonBDN Staff  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dexter man who was shot and beaten last year in a fight with two men related to each other was sentenced in Piscataquis County Superior Court last week to 120 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Something new is happening at Mayo Regional Hospital, and hospital officials want the local communities to know about it.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, community service specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Sebec Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday, June 18 at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital values education in our community.

 Contributed Article  DOVER-FOXCROFT – With winter is in the rear-view mirror, the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is cruising along at spring speeds, and summer is over the next horizon.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SOMETHING’S FISHY — SeDoMoCha Middle School eighth-graders Alexis London, left, and Heather Burgess had their aquarium of guppies on display during the annual science fair on the evening of May 21 at the Dover-Foxcroft school.

Murder suspect shot himself  after killing man, authorities say By Nok-Noi RickerBangor Daily News  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The man accused of shooting his father to death in Parkman two weeks ago made his first court appearance May 28 wearing a white plastic medical helmet.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Do you know what happened 101 years ago in Sarajevo?  The event occurred on June 28, 1914 and it caused the death of millions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Helping Hands with Heart (HHH) is hosting a two-hour learning session on June 19 from 10 a.

  Contributed photo SARAH PALMER MEMORIAL – On May 17 Daughters and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held a memorial service at the Sarah Elizabeth Palmer grave , she was a nurse in the Civil War, at Dover cemetery.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PATRIOTIC TRAVELWAY – Twenty American flags now line a stretch of West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft, flags funded by the GFWC/Miosac Club.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voters from the four RSU 68 communities attending the annual district budget meeting May 26 at the SeDoMoCha School gave their approval to a proposed budget totaling $10,121,701 for the 2015-16 academic year.

Dover-Foxcroft gives measure another 180 daysBy Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — Nearly a year ago, via a town meeting vote, residents approved an ordinance concerning private distribution corridors including paved highways, pipelines and high tension transmission lines.

Photo courtesy of Judy Raymond BLANKETEERS — Nearly 200 participants took part in the 2015 Project Linus Blanket Day held at the Penquis Higher Education Center in Dover-Foxcroft on April 25.