By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — For the 12th consecutive year, Valley Grange of Guilford put “Words for Thirds” into the hands of Piscataquis Community Elementary School (PCES) on Dictionary Day.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     MILO — Over the last several months residents and passers-through were likely to have noticed the downtown construction as well as work going on up Park Street at the Eastern Piscataquis Business Park to ready the property for occupancy and future developments.

FOR HELPING PEOPLE TO HEAR MORE CLEARLY Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom Audiologist Chris Clukey of Dover Audiology and Hearing Aid Sales on West Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft was recently presented with a Hearing is Our Concern 2012 Director’s Award, for going above and beyond to help the hearing impaired in the community, during an industry technology convention last month in Minneapolis.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — The E-Ville Riders Snowmobile Club has been using part of the Elliottsville Road from Ledge Hill to the Willimantic town line to access their trails for the past two years.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     DOVER-FOXCROFT — Another step has been taken in the process to renovate Central Hall as the Dover-Foxcroft Planning Board approved a site plan for an addition to the west side of the building during an Oct.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     GUILFORD — Producer Michael Gottwald asked the student audience how many would stay home if a major disaster hit their community.

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.