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• Saving Central Hall, an update

  By  The Friends of Central Hall
  

  We are well along in the first phase of the Central Hall project. In this initial phase we are gauging community support for saving Central Hall by seeking pledges in an amount sufficient to take the building off the town’s budget for approximately one year. This achievement  would allow Central Hall to become a self-sufficient entity, costing nothing to the taxpayer. We are confident that we will be able to report our findings to the selectmen, ...

• Extension seed swap Feb. 26

  DOVER-FOXCROFT — The  gardening season is fast approaching. One of the first steps to take  is the detail orientated seed order. Have you placed your seed order? If so, were you surprised by the number of seeds in one package?
  

   

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• CORRECTION

      The Calhoun Family of Dexter created the John Deere snow sculpture pictured in last week’s edition of the Piscataquis Observer during the Wassookeag Snowmobile Club Winter Fest competition snow sculpturing competition held in Dexter last weekend. The caption erroneously stated it was sculpted by the Smith Family. The Observer regrets the error....

• State property valuations increase for all but three county municipalities

  By Bill Pearson
  Staff Writer
  

      AUGUSTA — The 2010 state property valuations rose by $84.6 million for Piscataquis County towns and unorganized territories which is a 6 percent increase over the previous year. The Piscataquis County total property valuation is now over $2.5 billion with all but three of the 19 Piscataquis County towns  seeing an increase.
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• Greenville tops Rangeley to claim Western Maine championship

  Lady Lakers to play in first state finals since 1985

  By Stuart Hedstrom
  Staff Writer
  

      AUGUSTA — Greenville High School held a slim 23-20 lead against Rangeley Lakes Regional High School heading into the fourth quarter of the Western Maine Class D Championship on Feb. 20 at the Augusta Civic Center. The two teams, seeded third and fourth respectively, had kept the game close over the first 24 minutes of play with neither squad leading by more then a half do...

• Fort Fairfield playing in finals for the first time

  By Joseph Cyr
  Star Herald Sports Editor
  

      FORT FAIRFIELD — The Fort Fairfield girls basketball team has already accomplished more than any other squad in the Tigers’ 37-year history, but that does not mean the team is resting on its laurels.
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• SPORTS ON TAP

  schedule subject to change
  

          Saturday, Feb. 27 — GIRLS BASKETBALL:  Greenville vs. Fort Fairfield at Class D finals at Augusta 1 p.m. SWIMMING: Foxcroft at New England Championships at Durham. N.H.
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• Area players named as senior all-stars

      DOVER-FOXCROFT — A pair of Foxcroft Academy basketball players have been chosen by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches to take part in the 2010 Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, March 13 at Husson University in Bangor.
  
  

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• FA boys fall 68-50 to EM Class C champion Washington Academy in semifinal round

  By Bill Pearson
  Staff Writer
  

       BANGOR — The Washington Academy Raiders withstood a furious third-period comeback by the Foxcroft Academy Ponies boys basketball team on Feb. 19, as it saw its lead trimmed from 12 to three points in the final two minutes of the third quarter. WA stormed back in the fourth period through its full-court zone trap and clutch three-point shooting to propel itself to 68-50 victory in the Eastern Maine C semifinals.
  
  

• Richard FTs lift Ponies past Minutemen

  By Bill Pearson
  Staff Writer
  

      DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy Ponies earned a 54-52 Eastern Maine Class C tournament boys quarterfinal victory on Feb. 16, thanks to a pair of free throws by guard Josiah Richard with 2.8 seconds remaining. FA displayed clutch free throw shooting throughout the contest as it connected on 18 of 21 attempts which helped it overcome 20 turnovers and being out-rebounded 27-19.
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• Robin Lea Neal

  Neal, Robin Lea, 43, Brownville, at Togus, February 11, 2010. A graveside service will be conducted in the spring at Evergreen Cemetery, Milo. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home.
  

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• Helen S. Pennington

  pennington, Helen S., 96, Brownville, at Dover-Foxcroft, February 16, 2010. Burial will be in the family lot in Brownville Village Cemetery in the spring. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home.
  

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• Tex C. Strang

  Strang, Tex C., 80, Laveview Plantation, at Lakeview Plantation, February 16, 2010. A graveside service with full military honors will be held in Evergreen Cemetery, Milo, in the spring. Arrangements are in the care of the Lary Funeral Home, Milo.
  

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• Foxcroft comeback bid falls just short

  By Stuart Hedstrom
  Staff Writer
  

      BANGOR — After trailing by 18 points nearly a minute and a half into the fourth quarter of a Class C East semifinal game Feb. 19 at the Bangor Auditorium, the top seed Foxcroft Academy girls nearly came all the way back against No. 5 Washington Academy of East Machias. The Ponies (16-4) got within two of the Raiders (16-4), 55-53, with five seconds remaining in regulation, but the team could not get any closer in a 56-53 defea...

• BASKETBALL Playoff Scoreboard

  BOYS CLASS C EAST
  PRELIMS
  (7) Madawaska 64 (10) Hodg. 32
  (8) Penobscot 62 (9) GSA 61
  QUARTERFINALS
  (1) WA 69 (8) Penobscot 52
  (2) Calais 61 (7) Madawaska 42
  (3) Lee 50 (6) Penquis 42
   (5) Foxcroft 54 (4) Stearns 52
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• Ponies roll to quarterfinal win over Fort Kent

  By Stuart Hedstrom
  Staff Writer
  

      BANGOR — A 21-4 first-half run and nearly a quarter’s worth of scoreless defense helped the No. 1 Foxcroft Academy (16-3) girls get past ninth-seeded Fort Kent Community High School (12-8), 52-36, in a quarterfinal game Feb. 17 at the Bangor Auditorium.
  
  

  

• Lee tops Penquis

      BANGOR — The sixth-seeded Penquis Valley High School boys basketball team was defeated 50-42 by No. 3 Lee Academy in a Class C East quarterfinal game Feb. 16 at the Bangor Auditorium. Penquis, which was playing at Bangor for the first time since 2007, finished the year at 10-8, while Lee improved to 15-4.
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• Lady Lakers overcome dozen point deficit to top Vinalhaven

  By Stuart Hedstrom
  Staff Writer
  

      AUGUSTA — During the first half of a Feb. 18 Class D West semifinal game between No. 3 Greenville High School (16-2) and No. 2 Vinalhaven High School (15-3), the Lady Lakers were in danger of falling into a hole the team could not get out of. On three occasions the Lady Vikings held a 12-point advantage over Greenville, 14-2, 16-4 and 21-9 with just over five minutes to play before the half. But Greenville chipped away at the ...

• Climate change, cheap oil and us

  DEXTER — How will we be affected by climate change and the decline in oil production over the next few years and decades?
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• Perkins receives Northeastern Dean’s List honors

      BOSTON — Northeastern University is pleased to recognize those students who distinguish themselves academically during the course of the school year.
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