By Tom Vilsack     At USDA, we are working hard to ensure that America’s next generation has access to the healthy foods they need to grow, learn, achieve, and eventually to compete and succeed on a global stage.

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    AUGUSTA — Soil and water conservation districts from Maine recently participated in a Conservation District Day at the Statehouse Hall of Flags.

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    GREENVILLE — It was another windy and wild weekend on Maine’s largest lake for the 7th annual Moosehead Lake Togue Derby.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department investigator and corrections officer were praised by Chief Deputy Robert Young at last week’s county commissioners meeting for intervening in two incidents that could have had tragic consequences.

Greenville could host satellite location By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Tri-County Technical Center Regional Council informally endorsed a new program proposed by SAD 46 Director Stephanie Watson and TCTC Director Patrick O’Neill that would prepare students for jobs or secondary education in conservation law enforcement, forestry, outdoor recreation and tourism.

GO LAKERS! Observer photo/Mike Lange     Khloee Dellaire, 3, pumps up the crowd during the Greenville Lakers’ basketball doubleheader against Machias Friday night.