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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom AIR MAIL — Paul Dyer of Vacationland Jumps in Waterville delivers the game ball to Dexter Regional High School Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe after skydiving onto the field prior to the first ever home night game for the Tiger football team on Sept. 4. Dexter faced Stearns in a rematch of last year’s 8-man Small School North final and the Minutemen won 42-8.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom AIR MAIL — Paul Dyer of Vacationland Jumps in Waterville delivers the game ball to Dexter Regional High School Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Adam Gudroe after skydiving onto the field prior to the first ever home night game for the Tiger football team on Sept. 4. Dexter faced Stearns in a rematch of last year’s 8-man Small School North final and the Minutemen won 42-8.

Dexter lights up the field for first Friday night football game

September 6, 2026

DEXTER — With the flick of a switch, the Dexter Regional High School football field was illuminated near dusk for the school’s first ever night game on Sept 4. Thanks to the efforts of many across the community and $75,000 awarded by T-Mobile, the Tigers were able to open the 2026 season in primetime in Dexter against longtime rival Stearns High School of Millinocket.

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John T. Gorman Foundation awards $1.2M for food and housing needs across Maine

PORTLAND – The John T.

Worthington Scholarship Foundation welcomes over 1,000 new Worthington Scholars

The Worthington Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that more than 1,000 Maine high school graduates have received the 2026 Worthington Scholarship.

Maine’s worsening drought isn’t expected to get better soon

By Peter McGuire, Maine Public Drought is expanding in Maine and raising concerns about a second straight year of harm to agriculture, water supplies and increased wildfire risk.

Maine Civil Air Patrol cadets to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 at International Seaplane Fly-In

GREENVILLE — Members of the Maine Wing Civil Air Patrol will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept.

Gascoine transforms a pottery hobby into thriving Monson business

MONSON — More than a quarter century ago Jemma Gascoine noticed an ad for an evening pottery class when she flipped through a copy of “Time Out London” magazine someone had left on a seat of the London train back in her native United Kingdom.

Dover-Foxcroft police ID vehicle in fatal hit-and-run

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Police say they have identified the vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a 73-year-old Cambridge man last week, but are not releasing further details while the investigation continues.

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Pony, Tiger X-C squads open the season

September 5, 2026

ELLSWORTH — The Foxcroft Academy and Dexter Regional High School cross country teams opened the 2026 regular season at the Ellsworth Invitational on Sept. 3.

Moosehead Lake Region fishing report

By Fisheries Resource Biologist Elijah Creedon With the start of September and cooler nights settling in, fall fishing opportunities are beginning to pick up.

After 40 years of outfitting river trips, a mainstay of the Allagash is retiring

By Ari Snider, Maine Public Just about anyone who’s spent time on northern Maine’s Allagash River has heard of Norm.

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Deer harvest regulations

This is my favorite excuse to head into the North Maine Woods

By Al Raychard My favorite time of year is just around the corner, and my passion for the fall season derives from several key contributing factors, not the least of which is the hot, muggy, uncomfortable dog days of summer being replaced by cool days with low or no humidity and even cooler nights.

Trump’s trade war with Canada is not Maine’s

Hannah Pingree understands Maine

To the Editor; In May of 2025, Hannah Pingree met with a group of affordable housing leaders in Portland.

The recipe for a deadly ATV crash in Maine

School is back in session. So is the importance of flu testing.

By Virginia Templet Maine’s students are back in school.

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Classes underway in Dover-Foxcroft district, Foxcroft Academy

CHARLESTON — Students attending the SeDoMoCha School and Foxcroft Academy are now about a week into classes for the 2026-27 academic year.

Maine healthcare leaders celebrate Gov. Mills as ‘Health Care Hero’

Photo courtesy of the Office of Gov.

USDA Rural Development expands community access points

Annual Seaplane Fly-In brings planes and people to Greenville

GREENVILLE — Pilots from across Maine and the country are expected to attend the popular International Seaplane Fly-In from Thursday to Sunday, Sept.

FAME announces $1 billion milestone for college savings plan

AUGUSTA – The Finance Authority of Maine announced that the number of Maine-based NextGen 529® accounts now exceeds 80,000, with more than $1 billion in education savings assets, marking a significant milestone for Maine families planning for education after high school.

Center Theatre to host free estate planning workshop

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with Brann and Isaacson, is excited to announce a free estate planning workshop at 2 p.