GREENVILLE — The first of three zones of miles of free-to-ride mountain bike trails on Little Moose Mountain Public Reserved Land opened this past year thanks to the efforts of the Moosehead Outdoor Alliance — a nonprofit formed with a mission to design and build a premier trail system.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — An initial draft of the 2023-24 Dover-Foxcroft municipal budget was presented to the select board during a meeting on Monday evening Town Manager Jack Clukey said appropriations in the spending plan are up by $319,750 (4.

DEXTER — DP Porter Contractors of Hermon has been selected to replace the terminal building and improve the site at the Dexter Regional Airport.

MILO — Last month the town of Milo was awarded $6,375,000 in federal monies to construct a new public safety building to house the fire, police and public works departments.

GREENVILLE — An alternate vacancy on the Greenville Planning Board has been filled with the appointment of a retired realtor and former Old Town Planning Board member.

MILO — SAD 41 received its preliminary state subsidy figures late last month from the Maine Department of Education, which were presented to the school board during a meeting at the Penquis Valley School on Feb.

A Maine-based global software company, whose founder Dan Smith lives in Dover-Foxcroft, is working to get its products off the ground and take the technology to Silicon Valley.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For two centuries now, Foxcroft Academy has served as the secondary educational institution for the local community, being founded only a few years after Maine became the nation’s 23rd state.

$3,600 raised for Aliza Jean Family Cancer Foundation GUILFORD —- Both the Dexter Regional High School girls and boys used runs in the first half to build leads and help both earn victories — 49-18 and 69-42 respectively — at neighboring Piscataquis Community High School in a Class C North doubleheader on Friday, Jan.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom CANCER FOUNDATION BENEFIT — The Dexter Regional High School girls basketball team lines the court — with reserves wearing commemorative warm-up shirts — for the National Anthem prior to a girls/boys doubleheader between the Tigers and host Piscataquis Community High School of Guilford on Jan.