DOVER-FOXCROFT – Gov. John Baldacci on Oct. 22 officially signed Tom Lizotte’s appointment as Piscataquis County commissioner.

His nomination was submitted earlier this month by the Piscataquis County Republican Party to fill a vacancy created by the death of Ruel Cross, R-Dover-Foxcroft. Lizotte, a Dover-Foxcroft selectman, will attend his last board meeting Oct. 27, at which time selectmen are expected to accept his resignation. He will be sworn in as a commissioner later next week and will attend his first commissioners’ meeting Nov. 4.