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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
                                                                                                    March 25, 2026
                                                                                                    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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                                                                                                    9 hours ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    11 hours ago
                                                                                                    Make all your wishes come true with ‘Disney’s Aladdin JR.’
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — “Disney’s Aladdin JR.
                                                                                                    12 hours ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    24 hours ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    1 day ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    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
                                                                                                    March 23, 2026
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    5 days ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    1 week ago
                                                                                                    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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                                                                                                    11 hours ago
                                                                                                    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.
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                                                                                                    Ice stories and statistics
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                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    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.
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                                                                                                    Jump into the PACC pool
                                                                                                    By Minnie McCormick The pool is so very important to young and old.
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                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    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.
                                                                                                    2 days ago
                                                                                                    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.
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                                                                                                    Dover-Foxcroft psychologist resumes in-person office visits
                                                                                                    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Psychologist Dannel H.
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                                                                                                    A taste of what’s to come at Thompson Free Library
                                                                                                    By Kim Brawn April gives us a taste of spring.
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                                                                                                    Industrial park concrete plant permit approved
                                                                                                    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board gave approval to a permit for Owen J.
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                                                                                                    3 days ago
                                                                                                    So you sank your car in a Maine lake. Now what?
                                                                                                    By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A pickup truck that broke through the ice on Moosehead Lake and a series of recent snowmobile incidents are highlighting what it takes to recover a vehicle from Maine waters, how much it can cost and what owners are required to do.
                                                                                                    5 days ago
                                                                                                    Meet the woman running to be the region’s chief prosecutor
                                                                                                    By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Growing up in The County, Chelsea Lynds never thought about going to law school or becoming a lawyer.
                                                                                                    5 days ago
                                                                                                    Bill addresses concerns of electing probate judges
                                                                                                    By Sabrina Martin, Bangor Daily News Staff Probate judges in Maine are part-time elected officials, and, with probate matters not being considered public, they rarely get much attention.
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