By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — The Dexter Community Playground Committee met last week and elected new officers for 2014 and set March 29 and April 5 as the dates for their annual talent show.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Families of SeDoMoCha Elementary School students will once again have the opportunity to take part in a shared reading experience through the fourth annual One Book, One School program.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — This year students in both the elementary and middle schools at SeDoMoCha will be learning lessons using Next Generation Science Standards.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — While the contract between USA Energy Group and the Maine Municipal Review Committee (MRC) — the nonprofit organization that runs the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company —doesn’t expire until 2018, some towns are already concerned about the future of the operation.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DEXTER — A new chairman presided over the Dexter Town Council meeting Thursday night for the first time in several years, as Fred Banks accepted the position with unanimous support of his colleagues.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GREENVILLE — The Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation and Greenville Board of Selectmen held a workshop Friday morning to discuss the future of the now-vacant business incubator building in the town’s industrial park.

TOP SPELLERS IN THE COUNTY Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom On Jan.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — In part to meet the state’s Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Law, teachers and administrators with SAD 41 and its AOS 43 partner SAD 31 of the Howland area have been working on a professional growth plan.

DEXTER DONATIONS Contributed photo      The Dexter Regional High School Student Council and the Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis once again teamed up to provide 65 food baskets to area residents in need.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The new year is a time for new beginnings and to set goals that strengthen one’s spirit, mind and body.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — New babies don’t come with owners manuals.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 113th Audubon Bird Count was held in the Dover-Foxcroft area on Tuesday, Dec.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Cooking for One is the topic of Pine Tree Hospice’s Lunch ‘n Learn program on Jan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Recently a group of 11 finished the training in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County 2013 Master Gardener Volunteer program.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Experiencing the loss of a spouse is one of life’s most difficult transitions.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Wassebec Genealogical Society will meet Jan.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — A series of workshop meetings will be held later this month at the SeDoMoCha School, 63 Harrison Avenue, to support families with children with disabilities plan their child’s transition to adulthood.

    MILO — Rev.