Dover-Foxcroft Memorial Day parade itinerary DOVER-FOXCROFT — American Legion Post 29 will be conducting the 2016 Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 30.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom   Opal Bennett is presented with a certificate from Valley Grange Master Jim Annis in recognition of her 80 years of membership in the Grange, during a May 17 ceremony at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover-Foxcroft.

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  WELLINGTON — Maine game wardens located a lost woman in the woods of Wellington early in the evening on May 13.

By Denise BuzzelliChamber of Commerce Executive Director DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s a call no one ever wants to receive.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD — On Thursday, May 26 the residents of SAD 4 — comprised of the communities of Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville and Wellington — will gather at Piscataquis Community Elementary School for the annual district budget meeting, beginning with an information session at 6 p.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer DEXTER — In 1816, the town of Dexter — named for the then Democratic candidate for Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Samuel Dexter — was incorporated.

By Nok-Noi RickerBDN Staff BRASSUA TOWNSHIP — Concerned loved ones of an 80-year-old Rockwood man who didn’t return from a fishing trip Thursday notified the Maine Warden Service on Friday afternoon, and searchers recovered his body from Brassua Lake later in the day, Warden Cpl.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer MILO — A lifetime collection of fossils, minerals, native peoples’ artifacts and more from around the world now has a permanent home to benefit schoolchildren from near and far and the region with visitors traveling to see the various exhibits.

BANGOR — Dexter Regional High School sophomore Rebecca Batron received honorable mention recognition in the Penobscot County Bar Association’s essay/art contest for high school students in the county.