By Tim ObreyRegional fisheries biologist     As we approach the traditional start of the ice fishing season, conditions vary across the Moosehead Lake Region.

 Contributed photo      — Will’s Shop ‘n’ Save owners Will Wedge, second from right, and Melissa Wedge, right, presented grand prize winner Andres Moreno and his wife, Jean, left, an oversized check for $5,200 in the grocery store’s promotional contest.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition organization will host an open forum on ways  homeowners and renters can save on the cost of home/apartment heating.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Community Band will resume weekly rehearsals at  6 p.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Beef Producers Association, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will sponsor a workshop to teach people about raising beef and learn management practices from other farmers, veterinarians,  and Department of Agriculture and UMaine Extension staff.

Observer photo/Bill Pearson      — The town of Sangerville said “good-bye” to Deputy Town Clerk Patty Johnson, middle, last week with a party celebrating her six years of service.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — David Flaherty, PA-C, MPAS of Dover-Foxcroft has passed the certification examination in emergency medicine offered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

    The Dover-Foxcroft Tractor Supply took second place in the Regional Championship for having one of the top five highest transaction percentages for 4-H Paper Clover donations in its region.

    The Harmony Patriarchs Club will offer eight weeks of dance lessons Thursday evenings in the Harmony Community Center.

    Mayo Regional Hospital announces the following births.