DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County EMA Director Tom Capraro has retired, following nearly 14 years with the Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency and a public service career dating back half a century to when he became a junior firefighter at age 15.

By Stuart Hedstrom, Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Selectboard set a mill rate of $21.

Throughout June anglers of all abilities cast their lines for Fishing Across Maine, a fundraiser for Wayside Food Programs, to help end food insecurity across the state.

With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Gov.

BROWNVILLE — A piece of Brownville’s past has been brought back to life.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A move up West Main Street has enabled Vision Care of Maine to expand into a larger space at 1012 West Main Street, next to Dollar Tree.

To the Editor; I am sick of all the negative talk about the New England Clean Energy Connect project.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom SUMMERFEST BOAT RACE — The Anything Floats race returned as part of Monson Summerfest on Saturday, July 17, with competitors racing their homemade crafts from the boat launch across the Lake Hebron cove to the Lakeshore House dock.

DEXTER — Earlier in the month 80 teenagers and adults from around the country spent close to a week in Dexter working on 13 home projects at no cost for area residents who otherwise could not afford to have the needed repairs made.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — You are in the midst of a yoga pose when you feel a slight nudge and something hairy brushing against your body.