By Tom Vilsack     Earlier this week, USDA announced $15.

Sangerville’s RBO: One year later To the Editor:    On Sept.

By Mike LangeStaff Writer     Unless you’ve been fall fishing in the North Woods for the past week, out of Internet and cell phone range, you’ve probably heard about the launch of the Apple watch.

By U.

Citizens still concerned about East-West Corridor By Lesley Fernow     Concerned citizens are meeting regularly and building support for a community rights ordinance in Dover-Foxcroft opposing the construction of the East West Corridor.

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.

By U.

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.

By Gov.

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.

By U.