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District meeting set for tonight Stuart HedstromStaff Writer GUILFORD —  Last month voters in the six SAD 4 towns turned down an approximate $7.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer    BROWNVILLE — During the first meeting of the 2015-16 fiscal year on July 15, the board of selectmen set a 2016 mil rate of $19.

By Stuart HedstromStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than a quarter century area children ages 6-9 have the opportunity to attend the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance’s Harmony Camp, which is being offered this summer in Dover-Foxcroft and in Dexter and Guilford next month “We have 25 kids today, we had 26 show up on the first morning,” Angie Alfonso of the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance said on July 16, the last of three days of the Harmony Camp session once again taking place at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church.

  Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Board of Selectmen approved a mil rate of $18.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Health Access Foundation (MeHAF) has awarded $618,116 to 16 nonprofits across the state in the second phase of its Healthy Community grant program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Observer Building located in Union Square is now open for summer hours, every  Thursday from 11 a.

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Contributed photo DENNY BREAU   DEXTER — Guitarist Denny Breau performs on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom   YARD ART — A lucky person who donates to Dacano’s Fund at the Dover-Foxcroft Redemption Center will win this artwork created by Brian Welsh.

GREENVILLE — The Center for Moosehead History, part of the campus of the Moosehead Historical Society contains a fascinating exhibit of Henry David Thoreau assembled by artist Beth Henderson of Belfast.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Trisha Smith, home horticulture aide at University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County, will represent Extension at the Dover Cove Farmers’ Market Saturday, July 18.

Maine American Legion photo  LEGION EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR — Alan Cartwright of Greenville received the American Legion Department of Maine Educator of the Year award at the annual state convention in Bangor last month.

  GREENVILLE — The Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail Festival July 15-18 in Greenville celebrates the history of the Wabanaki people and poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s three trips into the Maine woods.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer  DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council unanimously passed a $4.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom PILOT CONTRIBUTION — Dover-Foxcroft Town Manager Jack Clukey, left, accepts a $4,900 check from Charlotte White Center CEO Richard Brown on July 9.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer  GREENVILLE — The often-criticized Maine Board of Corrections has been effectively disbanded, but the state’s county jails — including Piscataquis — could still be facing a funding shortfall.