Will your organization support the Moosehead Region Futures Corporation to prevent the building of two large windmill farms consisting of over 100 windmills? They will be built on Misery Ridge and on Burnt Nubble and Black Nubble.

The editorial piece written by Governor LePage that was published in the April 19th edition of the Observer is decidedly misleading. The Governor has a history of granting tax breaks to big business and the wealthy at the expense of education, the elderly, working families, the poor and the environment.

The outdoor track and field teams from both Dexter and Greenville kicked off the season on April 20 with a meet at Brewer.

In my column two weeks ago we met Foxcroft Academy’s music director Joshua Guthrie, and highlighted the exceptional music classes available there to high school students. Mr. Guthrie spoke of how the internet is changing the music profession, and how FA music students, in Guthrie’s words, “are right at that perfect time to take advantage of that.” How do Piscataquis County musicians — aspiring or professional — take advantage of this perfect time in the music industry?

So we have our first officially credible candidate, State Treasurer Terry Hayes, of the 2018 gubernatorial cycle. Hayes is currently unenrolled and will be running as an independent. I say “officially credible,” of course, because she is not the very first human being to file for the race. She just happens to be the first one with a chance north of zero of actually being elected.

Democrats say they want to reduce property taxes. But they don’t have the courage to actually do it. You can’t talk about reducing property taxes without addressing state funding for education. Education costs are a major driver of local property taxes.

Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union held its annual meeting on April 17 and awarded over $11,000 to area food organizations. Funds awarded were a result of ongoing fundraising efforts for the Maine Credit Union Campaign for Ending Hunger.

In the Moosehead Lake region, there is still plenty of snow and ice. “There’s not much going on,” said IFW fisheries biologist Tim Obrey.

Let's get one thing straight from the start: I love dogs. Sally, probably the last dog I will ever have, needed to be put down a few years back, after she was mauled by my neighbor's unleashed Saint Bernard. I wrote about it at the time. It was a dreadful experience.

Three area senior football players and one cheering team member from the region have been selected to participate in the 2017 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 15 at Thornton Academy in Saco.