Greenham returns to Dexter for ‘Maine at Work’ showContributed Article     DEXTER — On Friday, Sept.

Breaking the cycle of poverty To the Editor:    I’m involved with a growing coalition of local experts and citizens, who have convened in response to the negative policies emerging and underway that shame the poor instead of doing the hard work of breaking the cycle of poverty that many are born into here in Maine, while also addressing situational poverty due to the recession, domestic violence, illness, etc.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     He’s back — for better or worse.

By Tom Vilsack     September 3, 2014 marked two important 50th anniversaries: the signing of the Wilderness Act and the establishment of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     There’s a vacancy on my home district school board, which — thankfully — isn’t in the Piscataquis Observer market.

    The new season of the TV show “Who Do You Think You Are?” has begun on TLC, The Learning Channel.

To the Editor:    August 14th marked the 79th anniversary of Social Security.

By Bruce Poliquin     “A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Proposed dump already smells foul To the Editor:    On May 21, 2014, the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) presented a proposal for a new landfill to be located in the towns of Argyle and Greenbush.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     With the other half of the reporting team — Stu Hedstrom — on vacation last week, I spent more time than usual in Dover-Foxcroft.

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    Maybe it’s the years of dreading the start of school, but I always begin to fear the rapid decline of summer once school sales start in July.

By Glenn Mollette     Robin Williams made us laugh but we’re not laughing now as we mourn his suicidal death.

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     Don’t look now, but the political season is almost here.

By Lori Parham     AARP Maine recently released the results of their 2014 Survey of Maine Registered Voters age 50 and older.