EASY DOES ITObserver photo/Mike Lange Volunteers Josh Anderson, left, Dave Young and Mark Watson move part of the new swing set during a work party at Crosby Park in Dexter to install new playground equipment.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     AUGUSTA — The old saying of “half a loaf is better than none” could well be applied to the 1st Regular Session of the 126th Maine Legislature.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SANGERVILLE — When the Sangerville Board of Selectmen took on the additional duties of road commissioners a few years ago, there wasn’t a policy in place on how the public works crew was to be supervised.

Three Rivers Hamfest set for Aug.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Community Band will be performing at several venues this summer.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The following cases were heard at the Piscataquis County Superior Court during the months of March, April and May.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Scattered showers couldn’t scatter a throng 6,000 strong that visited Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, June 22 for the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival.

    The Pine Tree Hospice Triple Crown Golf Tournament, which began at Whitetail Golf Course on May 5 and concluded at Foxcroft Golf Club on June 2, raised a grand total of $7,200 for Pine Tree Hospice, a volunteer hospice that has been providing vital services free of charge to the surrounding community for more than 25 years.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The closure of the Greenville landfill in 2011 also ended a cost-sharing arrangement on waste disposal with three unorganized territories: Harford’s Point, Big Moose Township and Moosehead Junction Township.

    BANGOR — Dane Powell of Dover-Foxcroft graduated from the New England School of Communications on May 11, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Communications.