By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Regional Development Corporation voted to close Fossa’s General Store last week, but hopes to find someone to either lease or buy the building.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School The Dexter Regional High School faculty would like to announce the November Students of the Month as selected by the faculty for being all around outstanding students and members of the school community.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School The Dexter Regional High School faculty would like to announce the December Students of the Month selected by the faculty for being all around outstanding students and members of the school community.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Dover Area Towns in Transition (DDATT) and Dexter’s Abbott Memorial Library are co-sponsoring a farming documentary on Friday, Feb.

New owner also plans to manufacture solar lights in building By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — A Dexter Regional High School graduate has bought the former Watering Hole tavern in Dexter and will reopen and rename it as Factory One by spring.

Photo courtesy of Fran Field/Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis recently inducted three new members.

Staff Report     SKOWHEGAN — A Dexter man who sustained four stab wounds during an alleged robbery in Harmony in October has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — A fast-moving fire destroyed a dairy barn on Ripley Road in Dexter Monday morning as nearly 60 firefighters from eight departments battled the blaze in sub-zero temperatures.

    DEXTER — Over 40 local owners of dull knives, scissors, hoes, scythes, drill bits and other hand tools converged in the Abbott Memorial Library’s basement Saturday (Jan.

    DEXTER — The Tri-County Technical Center (TCTC), in conjunction with the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), will be holding a FAFSA Lab on Thursday, Feb.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The School Administrative District 46 Board of Directors unanimously agreed last week to extend its agreement with the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative through 2018.

    DEXTER — Do you have dull small tools that need sharpening? On Saturday, Jan.

    DEXTER — The Penquis Beekeepers’ monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Just over one year ago — Jan.

Observer photo/Mike Lange A holiday tradition at Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter continued last week as culinary arts students created gingerbread houses.

    VASSALBORO — Maine’s 56 newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Tri-County Technical Center Regional Council expressed support for a proposed in-house sexual health program during its Dec.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council breezed through its Dec.