It’s time to kick 2016 out the door and start a new year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — After struggling to fend off Foxcroft Academy’s formidable front line for more than a half Thursday afternoon, the Houlton girls basketball team turned up the intensity and surged past the Ponies 60-47.

I love traditions.

As we look forward to the New Year, we think of those who are struggling to get by.

I want to take the time to thank the anti-Trump demonstrators for their civility as they greeted the elector for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, outgoing Maine GOP Chair Rick Bennett, and his supporters, of which I was one.

To the Editor; Each year, the dawn of a new year inspires us to reflect on the blessings and graces of the past twelve months and to look ahead with the good intentions of being a better person.

“Threaded Journeys” by Tom Johnson is not a conventional collection of hunting and fishing stories.

AUGUSTA – Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Waldo, appointed Sen.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes BLANKET OF WHITE STUFF — More than a foot blanketed the Piscataquis region Dec.

Anglers looking for early season action in the Moosehead Lake region should target smaller, shallow waters that tend to freeze early.