By Mike LangeStaff Writer     MONSON — Wendy Anderson, a 1974 Foxcroft Academy graduate, has fond memories of her childhood in Monson, even though life wasn’t easy at times.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County appears to be in good shape financially with plenty of cash in the undesignated revenue fund, commonly known as surplus.

Observer photo/Mike Lange As usual, red, white and blue were the dominant colors in Greenville’s parade; and this float even featured a miniature Statue of Liberty.

LaGrange citizens favor Cook School closure By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — By a vote of 66 to 46, voters in the four communities making up SAD 41 gave their approval to a budget of $8,034,429 for the 2014-15 academic year.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Charlotte White Center (CWC) recently received a $10,000 grant from the Piscataquis Community Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to implement an electronic behavioral health record.

A vehicle accident involved a logging truck and van by the Landfill Road and outer Summer Street in Dover-Foxcroft during the late afternoon on Monday, June 23.

    MILO — The Milo Historical Society invites the public to the program “Local Authors, Past and Present” on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.

Staff Report     ATKINSON — A tractor rollover accident on Range Road in Atkinson on Saturday killed a 42-year-old Guilford man and injured a woman, according to the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department.

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Dickie Martin of Milo photographed this fawn on the afternoon of June 26, being careful not to get too close to disturb the young deer.

Daughter & Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War recently held a memorial service at the Dover Cemetery.

Dexter Regional High School is proud to announce that the following students have been selected by the faculty as “Students of the Month” for April.

    PRESQUE ISLE — Michelle Bucci of Milo was among the 210 members of the Class of 2014 to graduate recently from the University of Maine-Presque Isle.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Saturday, June 28 was the fifth anniversary of the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, and organizers estimate that over 7,500 people came to Dover-Foxcroft to celebrate.

The Dover-Foxcroft Community Garden Club recently held its last function after 65 years, on June 19 at the Nor’easter Restaurant with 10 members present.

    DEXTER — The STEM Guides project of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance is still accepting applications for the free Summer Science Club program at Ridge View Community School .