The Foxcroft Youth and SeDoMoCha Middle School wrestling teams compete in the annual Marshwood New England Youth Wrestling Championships on April 1.

In my Piscataquis Observer column published on March 29, I wrote about Piscataquis County Economic Development Council Executive Director Christopher “Chris” Winstead and the council’s work toward providing all of Piscataquis County with the economic, social, and educational advantages of first-class broadband internet.

Back in the 1990s, when I worked as information officer for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W), the U.

Have you ever heard of certificate of need? Neither had I, until a few years ago when I began to learn more about the health policy environment in Maine, and just how backward it has been.

Single payer health care, sometimes referred to as “Medicare for All”, is the 900-pound gorilla sitting quietly in the corner during health care discussions. Fifty-eight percent of us support it. Now that the American Health Care Act has been put on hold, maybe even more people will be open to taking a look.

Now that House Speaker Paul Ryan has affirmed that the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land for the foreseeable future, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have the responsibility to come together to fix what’s wrong with it and work together to expand its benefits to all Americans.

I am deeply saddened and alarmed by President Trump's recent executive order to dismantle President Obama's program to fight climate change. Climate change is one of the most significant threats that challenge our earth today.

SANGERVILLE — Creative Options supports adults with intellectual disabilities and the organization will host an open house on Wednesday, April 5 from 4-6 p.

GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Brand Leadership Team recently held a committee meeting.

Longtime Piscataquis Community High School baseball coach Dave Gaw of Guilford is among 11 people who have been selected for induction into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame