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Withee among students in 2009 Keller BLOOM class

WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has selected 16 Maine high school juniors who will be the Laboratory’s 2009 Keller BLOOM Program class. Participants represent nearly every county in the state. The Laboratory’s selection committee considered applicants’ transcripts, teacher recommendations, and the application essay, which asked the thought-provoking question “What marine invertebrate do you want to be and why?” According to BLOOM Program Director Dr. Nicole Poulton, ...
PCHS team headed to state Envirothon finals after qualifying at recent meet

SKOWHEGAN — Nine teams from seven Maine high schools went head to head in competition at the recent Central Regional Envirothon. Greenville High, who attended with two teams, and Piscataquis Community High School, who became the third place winner, had battled armed with knowledge at the Lake George Regional Park in Skowhegan. Competition was fierce for trophies and top scores, which would lead them on to the state Envirothon.
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FA’s Conroy named TCTC’s Career and Technical Education Student of the Year

DEXTER — Joshua Conroy has been selected as the Career and Technical Education Student of the Year at Tri-County Technical Center. He is a senior at Foxcroft Academy and is completing his first year of training in the Criminal Justice Program and his first year in the Commercial Truck Driving Program at TCTC.

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Cyr receives Plum Creek Scholarship

GREENVILLE – Plum Creek announced it has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Foxcroft Academy student Molly Cyr. Plum Creek annually awards scholarships to exemplary high school seniors who plan to continue their education after graduation. Students are selected based on their academic achievements, participation in extracurricular activities and career goals.
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National Honor Society

Photos of the Penquis Valley High School and Greenville HIgh School National Honor Societies were not available as of presstime. Piscataquis Community HIgh School has not yet had its National Honor Society induction ceremony. Photos of these chapters will appear in a future edition of the Observer as soon as they are available.
Piscataquis County Emergency Services Dispatch Log

Thursday, May 14
10:46 a.m. Trees were on fire across the road. Harfords Point Twp.
10:48 a.m. Trees were on the wires and they were on fire. Orneville.
11:19 a.m. They reported grass fire. Brownville.
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Paulette Marie Call

Call, Paulette Marie, 58, LaGrange and Dover-Foxcroft, in Howland, May 17, 2009. There will be no public services and a private family burial is being planned.
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Ruth W. Flanders

Flanders, Ruth W., 88, Dover-Foxcroft, in Dover-Foxcroft, May 20, 2009. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home, Dover-Foxcroft.
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Rudolph J. Guilmet

Guilmet, Rudolph J., 68, Elizabethtown, in Elizabethtown, May 24, 2009. A memorial mass will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church. Arrangements are in the care of the Brown Funeral Home.
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Mark C. Williams

Williams, Mark C., 47, Dover-Foxcroft, in Dover-Foxcroft, May 21, 2009. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home, Dover-Foxcroft.
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Committal Notices

GUILFORD- Graveside committal services for Barrie W. Fortier, 65, who died January 29, 2009, will be held at 2 PM, Friday, May 29, 2009, at the Riverside Cemetery in Willimantic, with Pastor Stephen Dean officiating. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal, Guilford. For a complete obituary, go to www.CrosbyNeal.com.
Dover-Foxcroft – A graveside memorial service for Elizabeth Stanhope, wife of Murray Stanhope, who died January 12, 2009, will be conducted at 12 noon Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the family lot in Dover Cemetery, with Rev....
Patriots earn win No. 10 of the season

By Stuart Hedstrom
Staff Writer
   MILO — Penquis Valley High School earned its 10th win of the season with a 6-5 victory against Penobscot Valley High School of Howland on May 22. The Patriots (10-2) jumped out to a 4-0 lead, fell behind 5-4 and then went up 6-5 in the fourth inning and kept the Howlers (6-6) off the scoreboard for the rest of the day.

Weekly high school sports roundup

    May 20: Foxcroft softball won at Ellsworth 6-3. Kelsey Boss threw a two-hitter, and Sam Snyder had a pair of hits.
   Penquis softball won at Orono 4-1. Holly Smith had two hits.
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SPORTS ON TAP

schedule subject to change
Thursday, May 28 — BASEBALL: Foxcroft at PCHS, 4:30 p.m.; Schenck at Dexter, 4:30 p.m.; SOFTBALL: Foxcroft at PCHS, 4:30 p.m.; Schenck at Dexter, 4:30 p.m.
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FA boys field hockey game May 29

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two teams comprised of Foxcroft Academy male students will play a game of field hockey on Friday, May 29 starting at 7 p.m. ...
Sen. Snowe commemorates National Small Business Week

By U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe
(R-Maine)
As the economy continues on an uncertain path, recently we commemorated National Small Business Week and look to our nation’s 27 million small businesses as the key to our economic recovery and restored job growth. In April, I held a series of small business ...
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Births

Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft announces the following births:
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Emergency fund discussion set for June 11

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The local board of the FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter program extends an invitation to our next meeting.
The local board is currently comprised of area food cupboard directors covering all the areas of Piscataquis County such as Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Greenville and Monson.
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