By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Community Playground Committee had another successful talent show this spring, generating $6,700 in revenue including a matching grant from Modern Woodmen of America.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — A combination of overdue infrastructure repairs and a $100,000 increase in the town’s share of the SAD 46 budget could hike Dexter’s expenditures in the new fiscal year by as much as 15 percent.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The fourth annual Amy, Coty and Monica 5K Race-Walk in Dexter Sunday morning drew more than 450 participants and raised just over $14,500 toward programs to help curb domestic violence in Maine.

Members and leaders of Girl Scout Troop 855 were presented with a certificate of appreciation at the June 12 Dexter Town Council meeting for helping place American flags on veterans’ graves prior to Memorial Day.

    DEXTER — In June 1921, Doc Woodcock graduated from NH Fay High School in Dexter.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council had a rather light agenda at last week’s meeting, but one of the measures was a proposal for a third extension of a moratorium on construction of an east-west corridor through the community.

The second bridge repair in Dexter is now finished, allowing traffic to enter the municipal parking lot between Millside Fitness and the Grist Mill Museum once again.

    DEXTER — Parents or guardians of the Tri-County Technical Center’s incoming class in the 2014-15 school year are cordially invited to an “Orientation Day” to be held at the center on Friday, June 13 from 10 a.

  Photo courtesy of Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Pauline Hughes and her daughter Jean-Marie were speakers at Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis on April 18.

    DEXTER — DDATT and the Abbott Memorial Library will be hosting a hands-on solar cooker workshop on Saturday, June 14 starting at 10 a.

    DEXTER — Bluesmen DW Gill and Dave Mello will perform on Saturday May 31 at 7 p.

Leighton announces resignation due to new job By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — After several meetings and workshops during the past year, the Dexter Planning Board voted Thursday night to send its new public assemblies’ ordinance to the Maine Municipal Association for examination.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club will host a “Hooked on the Maine Outdoors” fishing program for fourth-graders at Ridge View Community School on  May 27.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The massive renovation of the old Abbot Woolen Mill in Dexter is starting to pay off for owner Frank Spizuoco Jr.

   Over $20,000 was donated to 16 area food organizations at the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union’s annual meeting on April 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Dexter.

Observer photo/Mike Lange    REPAIRS FINISHED — New concrete culverts were installed on Lincoln Street in Dexter last week, replacing the steel model that was destroyed in the unexpected flood earlier this month.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DEXTER — The School Administrative District 46 Board of Directors approved a $13.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council agreed with a recommendation from the Planning Board that manufacturing should be permitted in the community’s commercial district, rather than being limited to the industrial zone.