GREENVILLE — The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) will host a free public workshop on low-interest “creative” loans and other financing options for small business Tuesday, Sept.

Contributed photo June Elizabeth (Edgerly) Mitchell is the current holder of the Boston Post Cane as the oldest living Guilford resident.

By Beth Ranagan    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A group of local residents and some folks from North Carolina, Texas and Florida, who were vacationing in Maine, listened to Ted Hunt explain crisis intervention in an engagingly informative talk at NAMI’s Education Night at Mayo Regional Hospital on Sept.

GUILFORD — 2016 marks Guilford’s 200th birthday and a full year of events are being planned to celebrate.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — District Attorney R.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — Registered voters in Greenville will have three questions to consider in November regarding ATV access in the community, thanks to action taken at last week’s board of selectmen’s meeting.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thompson Free Library from 10 to 11:30 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine’s legislative delegation has announced that the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department will receive $63,431 through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program, with the funding covering protective gear and an air refill station.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Fire heavily damaged a Silvers Mills Road home in Dexter Saturday afternoon, displacing a family of eight and claiming the lives of three dogs.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Travelers going through downtown Milo and on Park Street will soon no longer have to contend with construction.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — After several years of moving from one location to another, the Greenville Recreation Department now has a permanent home.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department’s fleet of vehicles for its full-time deputies is showing its age.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     GUILFORD — National news stories in recent months have covered events involving incidents of domestic violence.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — It was billed as an informational meeting for area town officials on a long-term solution to the rising cost of waste disposal for the 187 members of the Municipal Review Committee.

By Barbara Wilbur    SANGERVILLE — Spiritual, joyous, beautiful, magnificent.

   DOVER-FOXCROFT — Evergreen, the Pine Tree Hospice Center for Grieving Children and Adults, will start a new season on Sept.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Each year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) recognizes an educator in Piscataquis County as the Outstanding Conservation Educator of the Year, for his or her dedication to fostering students’ learning and understanding of natural resource ecology, conservation biology and related curriculum.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Thursday, Sept.