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WEBSeptember 30, 2024. GUILFORD — Donna Jordan led the Piscataquis Community field hockey team for more than two decades from the late 1970s through 1999. During her coaching tenure Jordan not only got her players ready for game day, but taught them many lessons for off the field that they could carry with them long after putting their sticks ...
New cameras to be added to jail security system
WEB2 days ago — DOVER-FOXCROFT — After briefly discussing the topic at each of last month’s meetings, the Piscataquis County Commissioners approved the purchase of 16 cameras to add to the Piscataquis County Jail security system during a meeting on Tuesday morning, Oct. 1.. Sheriff Bob Young and Jean Larson of the sheriff’s office said cameras need to be placed within the day areas of cell blocks as ...
Ten Cent Book Sale -Piscataquis Observer
WEB20 hours ago — DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Ten Cent Book Sale in the Thompson Free Library, 186 East Main Street, will be Thursday Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Included in the sale are weeded and donated paperbacks and hardcovers, fiction and nonfiction, audio books, DVDs, and jigsaw puzzles.
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Obituaries | Piscataquis Observer
WEB1942 - 2024. Lois M. (Averill) Nelson, 81, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2024, after a long illness. She was born in Dover-Foxcroft on November 15, 1942, to Henry L. Averill and Isabel R. (Day) Averill. Lois enjoyed knitting, reading, watching cardinals at her bird feeders and baking with her grandchildren.
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WEBD-F Select Board OKs funding for dam hydro study. DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following last June’s vote to reject a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River — indicating citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permitting, and repair costs for the structure — the Mayo Mill Dam ...
Dr. Evans for Senate District 4 -Piscataquis Observer
WEB4 days ago — This Nov. 5 Rich Evans, D-Dover-Foxcroft is running for the Maine State Senate District 4 (if you are reading this, you are probably in District 4). Rich was born into poverty in Houston Texas, one of seven children living in an uninsulated, 2-bedroom house with no running water or air conditioning. Neither of his parents graduated from high ...
This bear led hunters and hounds on a merry chase
WEB5 days ago — Dean’s friend Ryan DeLaBruere of DeLaBruere’s Fall Brook Kennel in Vermont, who came to Maine with his trained Plott hounds, agreed to hunt the big bear. On Sept. 17, the bear showed up on a game camera at 4:15 a.m. Before, it had been seen between 10 p.m. and midnight, so the trail would have …
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WEB1930 - 2024. and Dover-Foxcroft - Victor A. Woodbrey, 94, passed away peacefully July 7, 2024, at his summer residence on Sebec Lake in Dover-Foxcroft. He was born April 12, 1930, in Sebago Lake Village, the son of Victor A. Sr. and Marjorie (McIntire) Woodbrey. Vic grew up in Sebago Lake village with his 10 brothers and...
A surgeon’s touch in the Legislature -Piscataquis Observer
WEB3 days ago — Staff, Piscataquis Observer • September 30, 2024. To the Editor; I am writing to support the candidacy of Dr. Richard Evans, who is running for the Maine Senate in Senate District 4. I first became acquainted with Dr. Evans when he joined the medical staff of Mayo Regional Hospital, where I practiced orthopedic surgery.