DOVER-FOXCROFT — A task force will look at law enforcement needs and processes, such as defining patrol staff recruitment, coverage, mutual aid, communication, use of vehicles and contracts with towns, across the region after such a group was authorized to start in early 2017 by the county commissioners during a Nov.

GUILFORD — The fourth time was a charm for SAD 4 as citizens of the six members communities finally approved the 2016-17 budget by a narrow 81-vote  margin.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A part of the Maine State Museum came north to SeDoMoCha Middle School to help make history come alive for grade 7 classes on Nov.

DEXTER — Two days after residents headed to the polls, the Dexter Town Council had its first post-election meeting on Nov.

PITTSFIELD — Top-seeded Maine Central Institute continued to roll with a 41-0 victory over third seed Dexter Regional High School in the 2016 Class D North/Little Ten Conference (LTC) championship under the lights on Nov.

DEXTER — The challenge of imagining what challenges Dexter would face if the current supply of gas and diesel was no longer available attracted over 20 citizens to the Abbott Memorial Library on November’s first Friday evening.

On January 24, 1963, a fraternity house at the University of Maine was my home away from home.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes FIVE GENERATIONS WITH THE AUXILIARY — Five generations were represented at a recent meeting of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 41 in Milo.

MONSON — On Election Day, Nov.

MILO — SAD 41 officials have been researching a potential $10 million project that would convert the Penquis Valley School campus into a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 facility, after looking into the costs to renovate the existing building along with elementary schools in Milo and Brownville.