EASY DOES ITObserver photo/Mike Lange Volunteers Josh Anderson, left, Dave Young and Mark Watson move part of the new swing set during a work party at Crosby Park in Dexter to install new playground equipment.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — The old saying of “half a loaf is better than none” could well be applied to the 1st Regular Session of the 126th Maine Legislature.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — When the Sangerville Board of Selectmen took on the additional duties of road commissioners a few years ago, there wasn’t a policy in place on how the public works crew was to be supervised.

Three Rivers Hamfest set for Aug.

Photo courtesy of Abbott Memorial LibraryBOOK CLUB SALUTES THE SIXTIES — Raising their glasses of Tang, members of Abbott Memorial Library’s Book Club saluted the 1960s on May 29 when the club met to discuss “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” by Doris Kearns (Goodwin).

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer    GUILFORD — Redneck Riverfest is set for Saturday, July 27 in Guilford, and the mid-summer event – now in its ninth year – is easily the biggest drawing card of the year for the riverfront community.

Photo courtesy of Bangor Savings Bank    COMMUNITY MATTERS MORE — Rox-Anne St.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom    TABLE MANNERS NOT REQUIRED — Competitors in the children’s whoopie pie eating contest see who can eat four of the miniature chocolate and cream desserts the fastest during the annual Maine Whoopie Pie Festival on June 22 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Special summer programs begin Thursday, June 27 at Thompson Free Library with baby goats and lambs at 10:30 a.