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.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom MILO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ART SHOW — Milo Historical Society President Gwen Bradeen and Secretary Allen Monroe look at a print by Jan Kilburn of Damariscotta last week at the society museum.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer  DEXTER — A suggestion that the Dexter Town Council authorize the creation of a Police Advisory Committee drew heavy criticism from Chief Kevin Wintle, some of the town’s police officers and their supporters at the July 9 council meeting.

Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer MILO — The board of selectmen gave its approval to a mil rate of $28.

Observer photo/Mike LangeBRANDING THE REGION — Luke Muzzy points to a map of the Moosehead Lake region at the June 7 county commissioners meeting as he explained the advantages of a consistent “branding” message.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom HIKING FOR HEROES — On July 11 the Wilderness Walk for Warriors “Heroes Hike” started in Monson as a dozen participants began a 118-mile journey north to Mount Katahdin to honor fallen members of armed forces and first-responders as well raise funds to assist veterans and their families in need.