By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — With the possibility of reduced revenue sharing from the state, the rise in costs for many goods and services and other factors impacting the town budget, Milo officials are looking to get feedback from the public as the spending plan for 2014 is developed.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     WILLIMANTIC — The tiny Willimantic Library received a big gift recently that will help beautify and preserve the former schoolhouse and make it more energy efficient.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The state commission charged with creating a deorganization plan for the town of Atkinson made several changes to the document at a lengthy public meeting held at the Piscataquis County Courthouse Monday morning.

Observer photos/Jeannette Hughes    VEHICLE, HOUSE FIRE — A van was destroyed and a Grange Street home in Dover-Foxcroft sustained damageto a portion of the exterior during a late afternoon fire on Wednesday, Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) vehicle will now be housed inside in the town of Dover-Foxcroft’s former solid waste incinerator building at the transfer station property, after an agreement between the agency and town was approved by the selectmen during a Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — As the leaves change color and colder temperatures arrive so does the flu season, which typically runs from Oct.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DEXTER — The major item on the Dexter Planning Board’s Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    BROWNVILLE JCT — Several hours after a robbery took place at the General Store and More on the evening of Sept.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer    DOVER-FOXCROFT — For many students the thought of taking a standardized test can make them anxious or apathetic.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DEXTER — How can a piece of bathroom tissue taped to a pencil help you save energy?     “Simple,” said Carver Myers, a sixth-grader at Ridge View Community School in Dexter.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — MaineStream Finance, a subsidiary of Penquis, is offering a free Business 101 workshop via an online webinar and in a classroom setting in Bangor, Dover-Foxcroft and Lincoln.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DEXTER — The Tri-County Technical Center’s (TCTC) open house on Sept.

By Mike Lange Staff Writer    DEXTER— After two years of planning, construction and some unexpected glitches, the public will get a first-hand look at Abbott Hill Apartments in Dexter on Sunday, Oct.

8th annual Homecoming Halloween Hoopla Dover-Foxcroft Town Office (Morton Avenue) Friday and Saturday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the days are getting shorter, things are still very busy at the Piscataquis Regional YMCA in October.

    DEXTER — Supporters, volunteers and senior citizens who were involved with the Joe Sherburne Community Garden Project in Dexter this summer are invited to a pot luck supper at the American Legion Hall on Saturday, Oct.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — You will learn how to grow hops in your home garden from Donna Coffin in the next workshop of the You Can series to be repeated at three locations: Oct.

    GUILFORD — On Sunday, Oct.