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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PICKUP CREW — From left, Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Summer Auction Chair Paul Davis. Dr. David McDermott and Austin Seavey load a donated treadmill into Davis’ pickup from a Range Road home for the annual Summer Auction. The 75th annual event will be July 24-25 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PICKUP CREW — From left, Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Summer Auction Chair Paul Davis. Dr. David McDermott and Austin Seavey load a donated treadmill into Davis’ pickup from a Range Road home for the annual Summer Auction. The 75th annual event will be July 24-25 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds.

Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis gearing up for 75th annual Summer Auction

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For seven and half decades Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Charities has invited the community to come and bid on items of all sorts at the organization’s annual Summer Auction. The 75th annual event will be held the evenings of July 24-25 at the Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds with proceeds benefiting various Kiwanis charities.

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Revised $11.5 million SAD 41 budget will be brought to July 23 meeting

MILO — Several weeks after SAD 41 residents voted down a proposed $11,907,487 budget for 2025-26, a revised figure of just over $11.

The dream of owning a rustic Maine waterfront camp is dead

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff While the number of homes for sale in Maine is growing, real estate agents from across the state aren’t seeing that trend extend to rustic waterfront camps.

Sebec Lake Association annual meeting July 12

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 2025 Sebec Lake Association annual meeting will start at 9 a.

Friends of Community Fitness raises $84,355 to launch endowment fund

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is proud to announce the successful completion of a member-driven fundraising campaign that raised $84,355 to establish an endowment fund.

Regional conversations to shape economic development in the Maine Highlands

Penquis is proud to lead the Maine Highlands Economic Development Initiative, a community-centered planning effort designed to create sustainable, full-time jobs across rural Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

SeDoMoCha recognizes Student in the Spotlight honorees

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Citizenship was the trait recognized during the month of May for the SeDoMoCha School’s Students in the Spotlight honorees.

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Four locals run in Walter Hunt 3K

Four area residents took part in the 44th annual Walter Hunt Memorial 3K mid-morning on the Fourth of July, running from Brewer to Bangor. Robert McCloskey, 60 of Dover-Foxcroft, came in 112th among 451 finishers with a time of 14 minutes, 21 seconds.

Strout named Maine’s Mr. Baseball

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recent Foxcroft Academy graduate Hayden Strout was the top senior baseball player in the state of Maine this past season as he is the D.

I watched Cooper Flagg’s first high school practice. I had never seen anything like it.

By Ernie Clark My first chance to see Cooper Flagg in action was at his initial high school basketball practice.

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AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Surrounded by the crisp ocean air and the deep green woods, it is easy to understand why Maine is called “Vacation Land.

The antlerless deer permit lottery is open. Here’s what’s different this year.

Fears are crossing US border are unwarranted

To the Editor; In a June 3 column, Catherine Maule stated that she was not visiting the United States from Canada in part because of fear of being held at the border.

West Branch fishing: does tippet size matter, or just the drift?

A bill to make Maine a sanctuary state is on Gov. Mills’ desk

Concerning police tattoo at No Kings rally

To the Editor; I live in Penobscot County and attended the No Kings rally on June 14 at the Bangor waterfront.

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County awaiting UT tax bills

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — While property owners in the Unorganized Territory await their tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Piscataquis County officials are doing likewise.

New home for Parkman Historical Society

PARKMAN — The Parkman Historical Society has plans for a new home at the Four Corners.

Calendar of events

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

Vague plans for Northern Light staff cuts creating ‘air of uncertainty,’ expert says

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health’s warning of coming changes without providing details is creating a mood of uncertainty about its future, an expert said.

UMaine Extension to host invasive plant workshop

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Forest Service and Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, will present an invasive plant educational workshop on Tuesday, July 22 from 10 a.

Shiretown Singers announce Summer Sing

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Shiretown Singers are thrilled to announce their Summer Sing, a series of public singing sessions held on Wednesdays throughout July and August.