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    AUGUSTA — Small lakes and ponds are beginning to ice over, and some eager ice anglers are already catching fish through the ice.

REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS 1944 Contributed photo      State Rep.

    Friday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held in the Dover-Foxcroft area on Monday, Dec.

    GREENVILLE — The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has announced that the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) has presented its coveted 2013 Phoenix Award for conservation and preservation to AMC’s Maine Wilderness Lodges.

GINGERBREAD POPULATION Observer photos/Stuart Hedstrom      SeDoMoCha Elementary students brought home a gingerbread figure they then disguised with their parents as part of a unit involving gingerbread — such as reading stories about gingerbread men and playing instruments during music lessons involving gingerbread men tales.

    BANGOR — Six players, who are graduates of either Foxcroft Academy or Dexter Regional High School, were members of the 2013 Husson University football team.

    Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft announces the following births:    ALVARADO — A son, Sebastian Leandro Alvarado, born to Natasha Conrad of Dexter and Javier Alvarado of Madison Heights, Va.

GOOD JUMPER Observer photo/Mike Lange  Abbie Melvin (10) of Dexter hits a jumper for two of her 13 points in Saturday’s game against PCHS.