By Mike LangeStaff Writer     For those of us who’ve lived in Maine for the past 40 years or so, health insurance has usually been expensive unless you’re poor, elderly or fortunate enough to have an employer pick up part of the tab.

By Scott Mitchell JohnsonStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — Citizens for Higher Education, a bipartisan group of Maine business and community leaders, has launched a statewide campaign to secure passage of Bond Question 5 on the Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     CHARLESTON — While Big Daddy Weave may not be a household name in the world of pop music, the Alabama-based quartet is well-known and respected in contemporary Christian circles.

    The Piscataquis Observer won six awards at the Maine Press Association’s (MPA) annual fall conference on Saturday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Thursday, Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Atkinson’s salt and sand pile could add another roadblock to the town’s plans to deorganize and become an unorganized territory, Piscataquis County Commissioners learned last week.

    MILO — Girl Scout Troop 712 decided to do a community service project in their hometown of Milo.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, Nov.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — For the fifth consecutive year, Valley Grange “Bookworm” volunteers are helping second and third-graders at Piscataquis Community Elementary School in Guilford improve their reading skills.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will be busy next week with a regular meeting and three public hearings on tap: two in Greenville and one in Milo.