New regulations prompt switch from oil-based to latex exterior paints By Mike LangeStaff Writer     After more than a century of common household use, many oil-based exterior paints are going by the wayside, much in the same manner as 8-track tapes and Windows XP.

    DEXTER — The HJ Crosby Community Band of Dexter will perform on April 13, at the Dexter Town Hall at 2 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — People in Piscataquis County looking for help managing their finances will find it on Saturday, April 12 during the Tri-County Disability Asset Network’s first annual Stretch Your Dollar Day event in Dover-Foxcroft.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met April 1 at Thayer Parkway with 12 members present.

    Wednesday, April 9 — Chicken Florentine, orange rice, Caribbean vegetable blend, wheat roll and dessert.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre announces The Slightly Off-Center Players One Act Festival will be held on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.

    GREENVILLE — The Shaw Public Library recently received a $200 grant from The Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust of the Maine Community Foundation to support the purchase of themed reading materials for the “Fizz,Boom,Read!” summer program.

Standing up for free speech To the Editor:    One the luxuries of being a Representative is the opportunity to meet so many people here in central Maine.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     We haven’t heard much from Eliot Cutler lately.

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