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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom AUTOGRAPHED COPY — Author David Albee signs a copy of “The Last One Out Of Town Turn Out The Lights” at the Center Theatre on Feb. 12. The book chronicles the 1975 Class B boys basketball championship team from Foxcroft Academy.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom AUTOGRAPHED COPY — Author David Albee signs a copy of “The Last One Out Of Town Turn Out The Lights” at the Center Theatre on Feb. 12. The book chronicles the 1975 Class B boys basketball championship team from Foxcroft Academy.

Tipoff for Foxcroft Academy championship basketball book launch

February 17, 2025

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 1975 Class B championship Foxcroft Academy basketball team star Kevin Nelson and head coach Skip Hanson joined author David Albee at the Center Theatre for a book launch on Feb. 12 to share memories of the team that captured the only basketball gold ball in school history.

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Voter ID referendum qualifies for Maine ballot

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters may decide this November whether to require an identification to cast a ballot.

5 people plead not guilty in death of Corinth man

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Five people on Feb.

Maine attorney general asks judge to restore 3-day waiting period for gun sales

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s attorney general is appealing a recent court decision that suspended a new law requiring gun buyers to wait three days before taking possession of the firearm.

Dexter seniors win Tiger Cup

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School students and staff participated in Winter Carnival activities during the week of Feb.

County donates $20,000 to Piscataquis Area Community Center

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A week after the opening of the Piscataquis Area Community Center at 48 Park St.

Milo public safety building to go out to bid

MILO — The town of Milo hopes to break ground on the new public safety building later this year.

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Three Ponies swim at Class B championship

February 19, 2025

BRUNSWICK — Three Foxcroft Academy students took part in the 2025 Class B swimming & diving championships as members of the Old Town-based Northern Penobscot team at Bowdoin College on Feb. 17-18.

Madawaska escapes with 54-52 win over Tigers

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — The boys basketball team from Madawaska has been nearly perfect this year.

FA’s Donahue places in three events at state track meet

LEWISTON — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue placed in the 200 meters and long and triple jumps at the 2025 Class B indoor track and field championship on Monday, Feb.

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Remembering community spirit

To the Editor; My spouse Judy and I were in Dover-Foxcroft on Feb.

Traveling to find your roots

By Nancy Battick Will you be traveling for genealogical research or tourism this year? Genealogists often want to visit their ancestral homelands or long to visit libraries or archives.

Be sure to bench your bad behavior at sporting events

By Karissa Niehoff and Michael Burnham If you’re a fan of high school sports, we need to talk.

Let’s make reading a habit again

By Robyn Rich As we mark Maine’s February Read to ME Challenge and Read Across America Day in March, it seems to me that the habit of reading, reading for pleasure or reading to learn, is getting lost in the age of digital information.

Kennedy and Oz nominations undermine trust in our public health system

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Calendar of events

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

Unitarian Universalist Church to host ‘Our Own Backyard’ program

SANGERVILLE — On Sunday, Feb.

Maine’s childhood vaccination rates have benefited from the elimination of nonmedical exemptions

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor As the nomination of Robert F.

Mainely Spinners speak to Milo Garden Club

MILO — What do alpacas, camels, goats, and sheep have in common with corn silk, cotton bolls, kitty cats, and silk worms? The answer is: they all provide fibers for spinners and knitters.

Guilford UMC Family Fun Night on Thursday

GUILFORD — The Guilford United Methodist Church, 3 School Street, is having family Fun Night from 5-6:30 p.

Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributes $3M to support nonprofit organizations

PORTLAND — Continuing its mission of bringing joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributed more than $3 million over the course of 2024 to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations operating across the Northeast region, including nearly $267,000 in Maine.