DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, April 3 at 6:30 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision Group will meet at the Thompson Free Library from 10-11:30 a.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a six-session course that covers moving a specialty food product to market.

    PORTLAND — Mayo Regional Hospital Obstetrics Nurse Manager Denise Scuderi, RN, BSN represented the hospital at the March 6 Portland Chamber of Commerce meeting and press conference at which the Harold Alfond Foundation (HAF) announced that all babies born as Maine residents will now automatically be awarded a $500 Alfond grant for college.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen accepted an offer at its March 19 meeting to lease the vacant incubator building in the town’s industrial park to the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation (MLREDC) for a five-year period.

    BOSTON — Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,663 students in January.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     Some familiar faces will be on the November general election ballot in Piscataquis County, but there will only be two primary races this year — both involving Republican candidates for the Maine Legislature.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Currently operating in the town of Milo is New Beginnings, a residential care facility with no dementia care capability.

BATTER UP Observer photo/Keri Foster Brian Woodworth, with Owen Pratt in the background, flips pancakes during the annual maple breakfast on Maine Maple Sunday, March 23 at the fire station in Dover-Foxcroft.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — A bill introduced by Rep.