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Observer photo/Valerie Royzman The main entrance to the Morton Avenue Municipal Building in Dover-Foxcroft.

Observer photo/Valerie Royzman The main entrance to the Morton Avenue Municipal Building in Dover-Foxcroft.

Dover-Foxcroft seeking Opportunity Zone 2.0 status

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft is pursuing an Opportunity Zone 2.0 designation, a program intended to help attract private capital into designated low income communities.

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Chase elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Candace Chase of Milo was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at University of Maine.

Make all your wishes come true with ‘Disney’s Aladdin JR.’

DOVER-FOXCROFT — “Disney’s Aladdin JR.

Inside the years-long effort to dissolve a Penobscot County town

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly three years after Drew Plantation ceased to be a town, the community is still in need of a shed to store salt used on local roads during winter months.

2 hit by car during emergency stop on snowy I-95 in Veazie

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff VEAZIE — Two people were injured when they were hit by a car that lost control on a snowy stretch of Interstate 95 in Veazie on Monday evening.

Maine Credit Unions expand financial education with new curriculum focused on protecting assets and preventing fraud

WESTBROOK — Maine Credit Unions are expanding their commitment to financial education with the launch of Volume 2 of their Adult Financial Education Curriculum: “Protecting Your Assets.

New Penobscot County Jail could cost up to $84M

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A new Penobscot County Jail will cost as much as $84.

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Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom FRESHMAN HONOR — Then Foxcroft Academy senior Hayden Strout on the mound during a game at Central in 2025. Strout recently earned a collegiate rookie of the week award playing for the University of Southern Maine.

Observer file photo/Stuart Hedstrom FRESHMAN HONOR — Then Foxcroft Academy senior Hayden Strout on the mound during a game at Central in 2025. Strout recently earned a collegiate rookie of the week award playing for the University of Southern Maine.

Strout earns collegiate rookie honor

GORHAM — University of Southern Maine freshman Hayden Strout, a resident of Charleston and 2025 Foxcroft Academy graduate, has been named the Maine College Baseball & Softball Association Rookie of the Week, USM announced. The first batch of MCBSA weekly awards included stats for all games played on or before March 15.

Four local players selected for Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic

Three players from Foxcroft Foxcroft Academy and another from Dexter Regional High School football team have been selected for the 2026 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, scheduled for Saturday, July 18 at Lewiston High School.

Maine referendum to ban trans athletes from girls sports teams qualifies for ballot

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A referendum to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams has qualified for Maine’s November ballot.

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It’s Trump, not immigrants, picking your pockets

To the Editor; President Lyndon Johnson observed that “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket.

Ice stories and statistics

The North Woods isn’t the same without this visitor

By Al Raychard I read somewhere there are about 300 species of birds that live in or visit Maine and at least 200 are year-round residents.

Maine shouldn’t be the last state to protect victims with real-time alerts

By Anna Nasset and Troy Morton In the quiet moments of a survivor’s life, the most dangerous thing isn’t always a person: It’s the unknown.

Jump into the PACC pool

By Minnie McCormick The pool is so very important to young and old.

Maine has known for decades that its probate system needs improvement. Now is the time to do it

By John Brautigam and James Haddow Probate court judges address some of the most personal and consequential legal matters for Mainers: Who can make life choices for you if you cannot, who can manage your money, and what happens to a family home after a death.

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Calendar of events

|Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

PCSWCD Tree & Plant Sale is open

Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District offers an annual Tree & Plant Sale, which features an impressive selection of organic vegetable seedlings, organic annual and perennial flowers, fruits, flowering shrubs, fruit trees, forest trees, homesteading goods and more.

UMaine Extension to host gardening webinar on growing to donate

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will continue its Spring Gardening Webinar Series: Building Food Security in Maine with “Helping Food Security from Your Backyard: Simple Ways to Grow for Good” from 6-7:15 p.

Dover-Foxcroft psychologist resumes in-person office visits

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Psychologist Dannel H.

A taste of what’s to come at Thompson Free Library

By Kim Brawn April gives us a taste of spring.

Industrial park concrete plant permit approved

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board gave approval to a permit for Owen J.