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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom CENTURY MILESTONE BIRTHDAY — Flora Sands celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, March 8 at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft with dozens of family members spanning four generations.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom CENTURY MILESTONE BIRTHDAY — Flora Sands celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday, March 8 at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft with dozens of family members spanning four generations.

Sands celebrates 100th birthday

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Flora Sands of Dover-Foxcroft celebrated her 100th birthday on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8 at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with dozens of family members and friends. Flora and her late husband Albert — they were married for 67 years — had six children, Donna, Roger, Thomas, Diane, Joe and James.

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Sangerville building committee looks to have social media presence

SANGERVILLE — To help keep the public better informed about its efforts to fix up the Sangerville Town Hall, the building committee is looking to be on several social media platforms.

Friends of the Dexter Meeting House chili cookoff results

DEXTER — The Friends of the Dexter Meeting House held its second annual chili cookoff on Saturday March 7 at the First Universalist Church.

Greenville board approves airport master plan

GREENVILLE — A master plan for the Greenville Municipal Airport was approved by the select board during a March 4 meeting.

Driscoll receives Penquis Valley’s MPA Principal’s Award

MILO — Amara Driscoll of Milo, a senior at Penquis Valley High School, has been selected to receive the 2026 Principal’s Award, Principal Katie Joyner announced.

Catching up on GFWC/MIOSAC Club news

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Members of the GFWC/MIOSAC Club have been involved in a variety of activities over the past few months.

Northern Light Health is guiding the way in newly released annual report

BREWER — Northern Light Health is excited to release our 2025 Annual Report.

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Photo courtesy of V. Paul Reynolds BULL MOOSE — Mike Bouffard, second from left, and his crew from Kittery bagged this bull on the first morning of their hunt.

Photo courtesy of V. Paul Reynolds BULL MOOSE — Mike Bouffard, second from left, and his crew from Kittery bagged this bull on the first morning of their hunt.

Here are Maine’s 2026 moose permit numbers by hunting zone

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has set the number of moose permits for each wildlife management district for the 2026 hunt. The permit allocations were finalized Wednesday in a rule filed with the secretary of state.

Foxcroft Academy field hockey coach steps down

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following four seasons and leading her team to the 2025 Class C championship in her final game, Foxcroft Academy head field hockey coach Davan Walker has stepped down.

PVC basketball honorees

Nearly a dozen basketball players from the regional received postseason recognition from the Penobscot Valley Conference for the 2025-26 season.

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We drove onto the ice. Seconds later, the truck sank

By Al Raychard I remember the day like it was yesterday — the day we drove a truck onto the ice and nearly lost it.

An ice fishing disaster ended with the perfect consolation prize

Smart stream crossings benefit wildlife, public safety

By Lance Farrar and Sarah Haggerty Like the blood vessels in your body, Maine’s rivers and streams carry rainwater and snowmelt downstream to the sea.

Maine should strengthen its aging support system

To the Editor; Maine has a unique opportunity to lead the country in how we support and value older adults.

He was Baxter State Park’s 1st ranger when Donn Fendler disappeared on Katahdin

By Gregory Burr On July 17, 1939, Baxter State Park’s first ranger began searching Mount Katahdin for a lost 12-year-old boy from New York.

Maine’s adaptive moose hunt winds down

By V, Paul Reynolds For the 2025 Maine moose hunt, the harvest numbers are in.

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Hands-on shrub pruning workshop

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Join Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and Kate Garland from UMaine Cooperative Extension for an in-person pruning workshop that combines an indoor overview of best practices with outdoor, hands-on instruction.

Network of advanced weather stations helps Maine farmers save time and money

University of Maine Cooperative Extension recently completed installation of an advanced weather station in Orono, the third such station in what will become a statewide Mesonet — a network of research-grade weather stations designed specifically for agriculture.

UMaine Extension hosts virtual presentation on growing and marketing specialty potato varieties

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a virtual presentation covering growing and marketing practices for specialty potato varieties in Maine from 11 a.

SAD 41, Milo looking at sidewalk project

MILO — SAD 41 and the town of Milo are working together to have a sidewalk put in over the summer along Penquis Drive between West Main Street and the Penquis Valley School, to allow students to walk to and from the building and not be in the road with all the vehicle traffic before and after school.

Dexter library to offer program on endangered birds

DEXTER — One third of America’s birds have vanished over the past 50 years.

SAD 46 facing near $184,000 reduction in state subsidy

DEXTER — SAD 46 is looking at a $183,920 reduction in state subsidy for the 2026-27 budget, Superintendent Kevin Jordan said during a March 4 school board meeting at the Ridge View Community School.