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Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom FIND THE WHOOPIE PIE WINNER -- Tina Gerickont of Cambridge, second from right, is the grand prize winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Whoopie Pie Contest. Gerickont was chosen from a pool of 10 weekly winners in which entrants successfully located a whoopie pie hidden in one of that week’s advertisements. Gerickont won a basket of goodies including Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and Piscataquis Observer prizes. Presenting the prize package to Gerickont at the Center Theatre is Maine Whoopie Pie Festival Founder and Organizer/Center Theatre Executive Director Patrick Myers, Jeannette Huges of the Piscataquis Observer and festival mascot Sweetie Pie. The weekly winners received paasses and tokens for the 10th annual Maine Whoopie Pie Festival on Saturday, June 23 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom FIND THE WHOOPIE PIE WINNER -- Tina Gerickont of Cambridge, second from right, is the grand prize winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Whoopie Pie Contest. Gerickont was chosen from a pool of 10 weekly winners in which entrants successfully located a whoopie pie hidden in one of that week’s advertisements. Gerickont won a basket of goodies including Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and Piscataquis Observer prizes. Presenting the prize package to Gerickont at the Center Theatre is Maine Whoopie Pie Festival Founder and Organizer/Center Theatre Executive Director Patrick Myers, Jeannette Huges of the Piscataquis Observer and festival mascot Sweetie Pie. The weekly winners received paasses and tokens for the 10th annual Maine Whoopie Pie Festival on Saturday, June 23 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft.

Find the Whoopie Pie Contest winner

Tina Gerickont of Cambridge is the grand prize winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Whoopie Pie Contest. Gerickont was chosen from a pool of 10 weekly winners in which entrants successfully located a whoopie pie hidden in one of that week’s advertisements.

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Proposal could create ‘retail hubs,’ sprawl in Maine woods

Officials who oversee development in the state’s Unorganized Territory were urged June 20 to not make rule changes that critics say could create sprawl in the Maine woods and undermine development in northern municipalities.

Sypitkowski appointed as new director of Baxter State Park

It is with great pleasure that the Baxter State Park Authority announces the appointment of its new park director, Eben Sypitkowski. Sypitkowski is currently serving as Baxter State Park's resource manager and is managing its Scientific Forest Management Area. He brings knowledge and experience to the role of director, and a proven passion for upholding the Baxter Trusts and serving its mission.

Adkins launches independent bid for Maine House of Representatives

Local solar energy entrepreneur Tyler Adkins announced his independent campaign to represent District 119 in the Maine House of Representatives. House District 119 includes Beaver Cove, Greenville, Shirley, Monson, Abbot, Parkman, Sangerville, Guilford, Willimantic, Bowerbank and Sebec, plus the unorganized territories of Blanchard Township, Northeast Piscataquis (including Barnard and Elliottsville Townships) and Northwest Piscataquis.

Skyrocketing prices, demand for new homes signal uptick in Maine lumber market

Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine’s softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say.

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LTC football builds 2018 schedule around opponents to stay competitive

The search for competitiveness within Maine high school football has taken several routes in recent years, from the addition of a fourth class in 2013 to crossover scheduling and a new developmental fifth class last fall.

NEF schedules Sept. 8 return to Bangor; The Outlet’s Rizzitello and Matulis win at most recent card

Among the area combatants who could land on the Sept. 8 card are two fighters from The Outlet in Dexter who both won amateur bouts at NEF 34 last weekend. Angelo Rizzitello improved his record to 2-1 with a first-round victory by D’Arce choke over Clifford Redman in their lightweight bout, while bantamweight Sarah Matulis defeated Carol Linn Powell by rear-naked choke in the first round.

Greenville holds off Penobscot Valley in seventh inning to win Class D championship

In three consecutive innings from the bottom of the fourth to the home half of the sixth South top seed Greenville High School softball escaped bases loaded jams against North No. 2 Penobscot Valley High School of Howland in the 2018 Class D championship on the afternoon of June 16 at Brewer High School’s Coffin Field. The defending state champion Howlers would cut a 4-1 deficit to 4-3 in the seventh, but Greenville kept the potential tying run stranded at third to win the first state championship in program history

PVC honors on the diamond

Baseball and softball players from the region’s high school earned postseason recognition from the Penobscot Valley Conference for their performances during 2018.

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Letter7 hours ago

AARP’s ‘Be The Difference. Vote.’ campaign encourages all Mainers to make their voices heard

AARPMaine and our more than 230,000 members would like to extend our congratulations and best wishes to all the candidates running in the general election in November. We would also like to remind everyone that November is not that far away. By far the biggest and most robust voting bloc in the state is that of Mainers over the age of 50.

Column7 hours ago

Ranked-choice ridiculousness

More than a week, and no winner. Glitches. Memory stick problems. Ballots sent by courier from remote Maine towns. And all for likely selecting the winner that would have been selected anyway under the old system? This is really how you want to do elections, Maine?

Family Discoverer1 day ago

Canvass those cemeteries safely

It’s that time of year again when genealogists are apt to feel the urge to track down a family cemetery.

Column1 day ago

Sins at southern border will haunt our country

Maybe this time will be different. But I’m skeptical, disappointed and angry. The plight of children stolen from their parents at the border has generated a national moment of outrage.

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Netflix adds documentary on Appalachian Trail thru-hike speed record

Two summers ago ultrarunning legend Karl Meltzer broke the Appalachian Trail thru-hike speed record with a time of 45 days 22 hours and 38 minutes, and it was documented in the film “Karl Meltzer: Made To Be Broken.” The 42-minute documentary has just been added to Netflix, right as many thru-hikers have set off on their own journeys through the nation’s most iconic trail this summer.

Pair of high school teachers presented with scholarships from Alpha Psi State

The annual conference of Alpha Psi State, the Maine organization of DKG Society International, was held recently in Bangor at the Hilton Garden Inn. Two local teachers were among the recipients of special scholarship awards presented at the conference. Mirna Reyes-Henderson, Spanish teacher at Foxcroft Academy, received a scholarship as she continues work on her CAS degree at the University of Maine. Lisa Quatrale, English teacher at Dexter Regional High School, received a monetary award in support of a leadership project and class she has instituted at the school.

Calendar of events

Upcoming events around the region.

Maine Whoopie Pie Festival returns Saturday

The Center Theatre has announced the schedule for the 2018 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival being held on Saturday, June 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The 10th annual festival opens at 10 a.m. with 25 bakers from across the state, including lead sponsor Shaw's Supermarkets, bringing over 40,000 whoopie pies to share with hungry whoopie pie fans. The full schedule and more information about the festival can be found at www.MaineWhoopiePieFestival.com.

PCES fourth-graders tour Augusta with Rep. Stearns

On June 13 Lori Kurzius and Beth Weymouth’s grade 4 students from Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford took a field trip to the Maine Statehouse in Augusta. Rep. Paul Stearns, R-Guilford met students and gave them a walking tour of the Blaine House and an inside tour of the Statehouse.

Artisan Village opens this weekend in Greenville

Following a successful pilot project during the summer of 2017, the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation (MLREDC) will launch the first full summer season of the festive Artisan Village at 35 Pritham Avenue on the Moosehead lakefront in Greenville. Four colorful cottages will house different artists from all over Maine beginning the weekend of June 23-24 and then Thursday through Monday from June 28 through Sunday, Sept. 10.