The Piscataquis Observer’s Stuart Hedstrom picked up top honors in the sports news writing category among the state’s smaller weekly publications from the Maine Press Association in the 2017 MPA Better Newspaper Contest on Oct. 21

Sixteen players representing each of the area’s five high schools were named as respective Maine Soccer Regional All-Stars for the 2017 season.

A couple weeks ago, I took a look at the Republicans looking to succeed Gov. Paul LePage in next year's gubernatorial election. The Democratic primary is, in many ways, a much more difficult one to handicap.

With the holiday season approaching, I know that many of us are starting to shop for friends and family. But I want to highlight another type of shopping that could have a profound impact on your wellbeing: healthcare.

Ten ways to raise self-centered children.

It’s getting cold out there. It’s afternoon as I’m writing this, the drive on which I usually take a daily stroll is shady. That means it’s cold out there.

Sunoco announced that Dexter resident Elisha Chadwick was one of 14 grand prize winners in its 13th annual Sunoco UltraTech Free Fuel 5000 sweepstakes. She was awarded her prize of $5,000 worth of free fuel at a ceremony held Nov. 2 in her honor at the Sunoco station on Church Street.

Piscataquis Community High School’s Bryce Gilbert has had a very successful start to his senior year. Gilbert led the Pirates boys soccer team into the Class C North quarterfinals against top-seed Fort Kent Community High School -- PCHS lost 6-3.

The more I think about it, the more I think we, the nation, need to stop using "free" when describing government programs.

Although Henry David Thoreau’s book about his venture into the Maine north woods is one the well-known books of its genre, “Nine Mile Bridge” by Helen Hamlin has always occupied a special place on my bookshelf. I have read it a number of times.