DEXTER — Parents or guardians of the Tri-County Technical Center’s incoming class in the 2014-15 school year are cordially invited to an “Orientation Day” to be held at the center on Friday, June 13 from 10 a.

  Photo courtesy of Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Pauline Hughes and her daughter Jean-Marie were speakers at Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis on April 18.

    DEXTER — DDATT and the Abbott Memorial Library will be hosting a hands-on solar cooker workshop on Saturday, June 14 starting at 10 a.

    DEXTER — Bluesmen DW Gill and Dave Mello will perform on Saturday May 31 at 7 p.

Leighton announces resignation due to new job By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — After several meetings and workshops during the past year, the Dexter Planning Board voted Thursday night to send its new public assemblies’ ordinance to the Maine Municipal Association for examination.

    DEXTER — The Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis Club will host a “Hooked on the Maine Outdoors” fishing program for fourth-graders at Ridge View Community School on  May 27.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The massive renovation of the old Abbot Woolen Mill in Dexter is starting to pay off for owner Frank Spizuoco Jr.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council agreed with a recommendation from the Planning Board that manufacturing should be permitted in the community’s commercial district, rather than being limited to the industrial zone.

   Over $20,000 was donated to 16 area food organizations at the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union’s annual meeting on April 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Dexter.

Observer photo/Mike Lange    REPAIRS FINISHED — New concrete culverts were installed on Lincoln Street in Dexter last week, replacing the steel model that was destroyed in the unexpected flood earlier this month.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer    DEXTER — The School Administrative District 46 Board of Directors approved a $13.

    DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce this years Co-Valedictorians are Hunter Belanger and Meredith Roderka.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — There are numerous facts and fantasies about Common Core making the rounds on the Internet, local coffee shops and citizen’s groups.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Two applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects were approved via a special town meeting vote on April 29.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Police Department had an unusually busy week that started with a high-speed chase involving a dirt bike and ended with an assault on an officer making an arrest on a domestic complaint.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — Krystal Ahern will be observing Mother’s Day like millions of other moms.

    DEXTER — “Education: how well are our schools working?” will be presented Friday, May 2 at 7 p.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DEXTER — A group of high school students had another opportunity to gauge their interest in the world of science with a Teen Science Cafe for ME! on the evening of April 24 at the Dexter Town Hall.