Contributed photo PARTY VALUES – Local Democrats from Sebec, Milo, Dover-Foxcroft, Orneville, and Bowerbank gathered in Sebec for an organizational meeting and cookout on July 10.

To the Editor;  I certainly hope that, as a graduate student in economics, Matthew Gagnon is more careful in reporting his research than he has been in writing his recent opinion piece.

To the Editor; An article in last week’s Observer highlighted the four different calls which we hear loons making.

Rosemary Nicklow of Corinth has been safely located.

BANGOR – A Dover-Foxcroft man pleaded guilty in U.

Photo courtesy of Center Theatre SEAT PLAQUE WINNER – The Rev.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff LEWISTON – Leavitt Area High School’s Hunter Hayes raced 90 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter after stripping the ball from an opposing ball carrier, and that proved to be decisive as the West Football Team rallied for a wild 40-35 win in the 31st annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl at Don Roux Field at Lewiston High School on Saturday, July 16.

To the Editor; As the opioid epidemic impacts the unemployment rates and vacant jobs in Maine, part of Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s focus is to assist people affected by the opioid crisis by helping them return and remain in the workforce.

To the Editor; In my role helping communities for Eastern Maine Development Corporation, I see firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a lot of issues in the rural heart of Northern Maine.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Andrew Levensalor knew when he first stepped foot on the Dexter Regional High School football field as a freshman that he wanted to eventually be a football coach.