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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Ted Hunt, crisis intervention specialist with Community Health and Counseling Services (CHCS), will be the local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) guest speaker on Sept.

 FALL HOME IMPROVEMENT Energy- and money-saving tips from Efficiency Maine     No cost heating insulation tips: Turn down the thermostat.

Breaking the cycle of poverty To the Editor:    I’m involved with a growing coalition of local experts and citizens, who have convened in response to the negative policies emerging and underway that shame the poor instead of doing the hard work of breaking the cycle of poverty that many are born into here in Maine, while also addressing situational poverty due to the recession, domestic violence, illness, etc.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     He’s back — for better or worse.

By Tom Vilsack     September 3, 2014 marked two important 50th anniversaries: the signing of the Wilderness Act and the establishment of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

    PARKMAN — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District has selected Sean and Sandra O’Donnell of Rusted Rooster Farm in Parkman as the 2014 Outstanding Cooperators of the Year.

    The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of the PCEDC on Dec.

Observer photo/Mike Lange Greenville High School students Kiana Goodwin (left) and Brianna Cobb sold more than 200 raffle tickets on a quilt made by Kiana’s mother, Marilyn, to benefit the Class of 2017 during last weekend’s International Seaplane Fly-In.