By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The annual Dexter Fire Department auction gets under way Thursday, Aug.

   DEXTER — Jennifer Sanchez of Dexter has become an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — After a successful work day getting some of the equipment installed, the Dexter Community Playground Committee is now preparing for a Family Fun Day on Saturday, Sept.

    DEXTER — Officers with the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club have announced that they are now meeting at 6:30 a.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Police Department is investigating a report of an armed robbery at the China Garden Restaurant on Church Street Saturday night July 13.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Swimming and operating watercraft at high speeds are not supposed to take place around the “no wake zone” at Lake Wassookeag channel in Dexter.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GARLAND — Residents of Garland enacted a 180-day moratorium on any development related to the proposed east-west corridor at a special town meeting on July 10.

    DEXTER — Fire destroyed a camper and shed and seriously damaged a home on Goff Road in Dexter on July 5.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GARLAND — Residents of Garland will meet at the town’s Grange Hall at 6 p.

Colton Parsons, left, and Haeyden Guenther, fifth grade students at the Ridge View Community School in Dexter, received awards from the Maine Secretary of State for their posters as part of the annual Maine Constitution Essay/Poster Contest.

Grade 5 students at the Ridge View Community School in Dexter participated in the Tisbury Manor Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest.

    DEXTER — Early this spring the Penquis Journey House was nominated to participate in the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s annual grant-making initiative, Community Matters More.

    DEXTER — Despite steady drizzle and fog, more than 35 volunteers of all ages showed up at Crosby Park in Dexter on Saturday to install some of the town’s new playground equipment.

By Mike LangeStaff writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Planning Board conducted its final hearing on Gerald Marshall’s Abbot Hill apartment complex on June 27 and Marshall said the project “is moving forward.

EASY DOES ITObserver photo/Mike Lange Volunteers Josh Anderson, left, Dave Young and Mark Watson move part of the new swing set during a work party at Crosby Park in Dexter to install new playground equipment.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DEXTER — More shelves are going up, food and beverages are being stocked in the coolers and the phone in Judy Craig’s office sometimes is “ringing off the hook.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School    STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School Students of the Month for May are, from left, Emma Wing, grade 11; Brent Richardson, grade 12; Logan Bagley, grade 10; and DeAnn Watson, grade 9.

    DEXTER — Come and enjoy a lighthearted evening of country, bluegrass and gospel music by Zevulon June 22 beginning at 7 p.