DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Penquis Mental Health Association is one of four community projects across the state that will receive funding earmarked to impact rural Maine despite a time of significant budget uncertainty, USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel announced.

The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club’s annual Piscataquis River Race, from Guilford to Dover-Foxcroft, starts at 11 a.

By Bill PearsonStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The county commissioner tabled taking action on the de-organization procedure plan for the town of Atkinson.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A few days before the NCAA set its Final Four for the Div.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School Nurse Emily PolandDENTAL HEALTH MONTH POSTER WINNERS — In February the School Oral Health Program of the Maine CDC and the Maine Dental Hygienists’ Association sponsored a poster contest for National Children’s Dental Health Month.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Autism Awareness Month, during April, will be busy for the SeDoMoCha community with a number of activities planned in school and with the SeDoMoCha Helping Hands team taking part in the annual Walk for Autism at the end of the month in Bangor to benefit the Autism Society of Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Gardeners want to beautify their hometown by landscaping various areas, including the downtown area and around the Morton Avenue Municipal Building.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A large part of the Piscataquis Heritage Hot Air Balloon Festival is the “Heritage” section which will be filled with local artisans and crafters who will be creating, demoing and selling their products.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Homeowners may benefit in many ways from stocking their ponds with trout, such as visually enjoying trout swimming in their pond and seeing increased wildlife on their land.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Joanna Mee of Riverside Florist in Dover-Foxcroft has been inducted as a member of the Maine Master Floral Designers (MMFD).

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Lesley Chambers of Mayo Regional Hospital’s Rehabilitation Services department will receive the Clinical Educator of the Year award from the New England Consortium of Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education.

    BANGOR — Hillary Mae Kendall, the daughter of Roseanne Pembroke of Dover-Foxcroft, was named to the Dean’s List at Husson University for the fall 2012 semester.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA will be hosting a free senior luncheon on March 29 at 11:30 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library’s annual National Poetry Month Celebration will be held on Friday, April 5 from 7-8:30 pm, in the new wing.

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By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A crucial step in the redevelopment work at the former Moosehead Manufacturing site — which will become a mixed-use property on the Piscataquis River — is about to begin.