Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Linda Santiago, right, of Sebec was the winner in the Piscataquis Observer’s annual Find the Shop Local Tree Contest.

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

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several employers are looking for truck drivers with Class B licenses in the Penquis region.

  Observer photo/Mike Lange Santa and Mrs.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — At June’s annual town meeting, residents approved an ordinance concerning a moratorium regarding private distribution corridors which includes paved highways, pipelines and high tension transmission lines.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School Dexter Regional High School is proud to announce that the following students have been selected by the faculty as “Students of the Month” for October.

    DEXTER — The H.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy sophomore Camille Bozzelli has been selected as this year’s nominee for the 2015 Maine Youth Leadership Seminar, which will be held at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham from May 28-31.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Leslie Lizotte LSW, Community Service Specialist from the Eastern Area Agency on Aging, will be holding a Medicare 101 presentation in the Borestone Room at Mayo Regional Hospital on Thursday, Dec.

Photo courtesy of Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center Residents at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center in Dover-Foxcroft kicked off the holiday season with their annual Christmas Trim-a-Tree.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently the 13th annual Maine Credit Unions’ Ending Hunger Walking Tour made a stop in Dover-Foxcroft, one of three communities in Piscataquis County that the tour visited.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The office of U.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Catherine (Kay) Quirion celebrated her 90th birthday recently at the Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Susan Corbett of Jonesport recalled her efforts to convince lobstermen to report landings and other data to the Department of Marine Resources by computer.

Staff Report     GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen and the Moosehead Riders Snowmobile Club are still working on a route for a northbound snowmobile trail on the east side of Moosehead Lake, now that a major access point has been cut off.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — An ongoing discussion among many town officials across Maine is the need for work on municipal roads and how to pay for these improvements.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — A holiday tradition for the Milo/Brownville area continues in 2014, as the annual free Christmas Day dinner for the community will be served on Thursday, Dec.

Commissioners will vote on expenditures Dec.