By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — It’s been 12 years since the last footwear came off the assembly line at Dexter Shoe where more than 750 people were once employed, some for more than 35 years.

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SEEING RED (HATS) Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom      On the afternoon of Saturday, Dec.

    “Deer season in the Moosehead region ended up about where we expected,” said IFW wildlife biologist Doug Kane.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Three lead changes, including two in the last 60 seconds, a 7-0 and then 10-2 difference in fouls, a game-winning shot in the paint, a go-ahead 3-point attempt by the opposition at the buzzer, and all in the fourth quarter of the first game of the 2013-14 season.

Foxcroft 36,Ellsworth 35ELLS    13    3    10     9      — 35FA    9    7    8      12  — 36     Foxcroft: Smith 22, Keane 10, Cody 2 and Kendall 2.

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    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twenty-nine runners and more than 35 walkers braved cold and windy conditions to compete in the second annual Reindeer 5K Run and Walk at Foxcroft Academy on the afternoon of Dec.

LOOKING FOR HELP Observer photo/Mike Lange      — Abbey Jordan of Dexter (5) looks for help while being defended by Bangor Christian’s Sydney Martin (14) and Sierra McDonald (11).