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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — When the old Dexter playground in Crosby Park outlived its usefulness, the town had no choice but to dismantle it last month.

By Mary AnnisDover-Foxcroft Historical Society President     This year the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society will be setting up an exhibit in the front room of the Observer Building Museum, featuring the works of Miss Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greeley.

A story on the Milo selectmen’s meeting on page 1 of the June 12 edition provided an abridged summary of a special meeting vote for an Eastern Piscataquis Business Park lot for the future home of a Three Rivers Kiwanis building, with the $100,000 cost being funded by benefactors Tom and Nancy Harrigan.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Thanks to a grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, totaling approximately $7,500, students in grades 4-8 at the SeDoMoCha School each had the opportunity to order $21 worth of books to read over the summer.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Although Hewlett-Packard was announced as the preferred contractor for the Maine Learning Technology Institute (MLTI) earlier this year, Greenville junior high and high school students will use Apple iPads when school reopens this fall.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — Aside from a few pop-up showers over Moosehead Lake, the first-ever Moose Lottery Festival held in Greenville last weekend appeared to be a rousing success.

Annual meeting June 20 at PVHSBy Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — The SAD 41 Board of Directors gave their approval to a budget for the 2013-14 school year totaling $7,841,319 during a June 11 meeting.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — His resume include three state championships, five regional titles, eight appearances in an Eastern or Western Maine championship game, 17 years behind the bench at Penquis Valley High School, 31 seasons of coaching Maine high school basketball, 401 career victories and having an influence on the lives of countless players and others.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     BROWNVILLE — The southern of two Maine, Montreal & Atlantic Railroad crossings on Route 11 is set to be repaired over several days in August, the Board of Selectmen learned during a June 12 meeting.