DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Regional YMCA is hosting a New Year’s Challenge and encourages friends, family and co-workers who want to lose weight to form teams.

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    DEXTER — The Sixth Annual Fruitcake Bake-Off was held at Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter on Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel has announced that Penquis Mental Health Association has been selected to receive a $180,000 Community Facility Direct Loan.

THE DARK SIDE AND DARK KNIGHT OF GINGERBREAD Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom      As part of a unit involving gingerbread, kindergarteners in the four classes at SeDoMoCha Elementary School in Dover-Foxcroft took home a gingerbread figure to disguise however the students and parents chose.

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    DEXTER — Students in the Ridge View Community School’s Cooking Matters teens class were put to the test on Dec.

YOUNG MUSICIANS Photo courtesy of Brownville Elementary  The SAD 41 elementary band/music concert was held on Dec.

    AUGUSTA — Small lakes and ponds are beginning to ice over, and some eager ice anglers are already catching fish through the ice.

REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS 1944 Contributed photo      State Rep.