By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Tapping the multi-million dollar Maine tourism industry is a challenge, especially for inland areas like Piscataquis County.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Once again in 2014 events throughout April at and involving the SeDoMoCha School will help promote Autism Awareness Month.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Late last month SeDoMoCha Middle School sixth-grader Steffi Victoria put her spelling abilities to the test with the state’s best at the annual Maine State Spelling Bee on March 22 at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — After five years on the job, RSU 68 Superintendent Alan Smith will be leaving the district at the end of the current academic year.

Observer photos/Jeannette Hughes Despite winter weather conditions lingering into late March, spring will eventually arrive as passers-by of the McDermott residence by West Main and Winter streets in Dover-Foxcroft saw on the morning of March 27.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A group of Dover-Foxcroft residents opposed to the proposed construction of a trans-national transportation and utility corridor through the region is currently circulating a moratorium petition for signatures to place a 180-day moratorium on such a project on the June 10 town ballot.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s not too late to submit your registration for the annual Women of Worth Conference being held at Foxcroft Academy on Wednesday, April 23 from 8 a.

    BANGOR — Christina Tirrell, of Dover-Foxcroft and a student at Eastern Maine Community College, is one of 14 Maine community college students named to the All-Maine Academic Team for two-year colleges.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA recently completed the annual New Year’s Eve Weight Loss Challenge.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Barb Austin welcomed approximately 30 people to the seventh annual Local High School Art Show, March 23 at the Congregational Church.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For nearly a month SeDoMoCha Middle School students took part in a shared reading experience through the One Book, One Adventure program.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Eighth-grade students in Lindsay Noyes’ science classes at SeDoMoCha Middle School were given the task of getting a seven-gallon trash can lining bag to rise and stay aloft in the air.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the month of March the Dover-Foxcroft Budget Advisory Committee has been meeting weekly with department heads and town officials to discuss various aspects of the spending plan for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the Valley Grange, Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and Piscataquis County University of Maine Cooperative Extension office collaborated to bring agriculture into about 50 elementary classrooms through the annual GrowME program.

SeDoMoCha Middle School seventh-graders, from left, Jacob Marsh, Chandler Dow and Caleb Ladd scarf down some pies without using their hands during Pi Day activities on the afternoon of March 21 (Pi Day festivities had been rescheduled from a week prior).

Observer photos/Chad Raymond FILL THE FIRE STATION — Hundreds passed through the fire station for the annual maple breakfast on the morning of March 23.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club members began to prepare for the 42nd Annual Piscataquis River Race on April 26, they were surprised to discover a film about the 2009 race on the Internet.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The public is invited to a free screening of the award-winning documentary “The Healthcare Movie” at the Center Theatre on Saturday, April 5 from 4-6 p.