DEXTER — A Safety Enhancement Grant of $1,213 has been awarded to the town of Dexter by the Maine Municipal Association.

    DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School has announced that the winner for the local VFW District 5 competition in the Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest is Meredith Roderka.

    DEXTER — Once again, the Ridge View Community School Builders Club will be collecting donations for the Dexter Area Food Closet next month.

    DEXTER — The Ridge View Community School needs help in determining a winner for the Cooking Matters teen class, a nutrition and education program.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club presented Town Manager Jack Clukey with its Distinguished Service Award at the club’s Nov.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre and the Slightly Off-Center Players announce auditions for their children’s productions of “Peter Pan, Jr.

    DEXTER — DDATT’s First Friday Discussion for Friday, Dec.

    MONSON — Christmas is just around the corner, and those special unique items for everyone on the gift list could be at Monson’s annual Kris Kringle’s Market on Saturday, Dec.

    GREENVILLE — Plum Creek Timber Company today announced that all of its Maine lands have been recertified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) following an intensive review by independent auditors.

    DEXTER — Health occupations students from the Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC) recently participated in Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan’s Purse.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — With the help of the Division of the Blind and the Iris Network a new support group for the blind and visually impaired will meet once a month.

Staff Report     DEXTER — The Dexter Police Department is investigating an attempted robbery late Monday afternoon at the local Rite Aid pharmacy on Spring Street.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Mayo Regional Hospital Board of Directors (Hospital Administrative District 4) has hired Marie Vienneau as chief executive officer of Mayo Regional Hospital.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council agreed to pay departing Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs six months’ salary plus the cash equivalent of any accrued vacation and sick time, according to the separation agreement obtained by the Piscataquis Observer.

RACING FAMILY Observer photo/Mike Lange Shawn Racila of Dover-Foxcroft and his son, Robbie, were honored at the Unity Raceway awards banquet on Nov.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Students in David Murray’s grade 2 class — “The Chipmunks” as they call themselves — at the SeDoMoCha Elementary School have been using an iPad during the school day.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     SANGERVILLE — For nearly three decades Pine Tree Hospice (PTH) has offered numerous services free of charge to individuals and families during the time of dying and bereavement.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Around 60 communities in Maine have enacted their own regulations on the use of fireworks and only half of them ban consumer pyrotechnics altogether.