By Rhonda Hanson WeaverFA Class of 1967     Back then, your teachers had the last word, and a call home was something to be worried about.

By Nina Brawn     I have been working on one of those amazing family history books that Ancestry.

GOP not so grand anymore To the Editor:    Who’s side is the Republican Party on? The Boston Marathon or the Boston bombers?    Anxious to get the President at any cost are they getting the attention of the next generation of Boston bombers to warn them how to be careful with their communications?     PRISM, a program to scan foreign phone numbers, not phone calls, for patterns, has been effective, and kept a necessary secret by all of government except the Congress, which has betrayed the American people with their revelation and blatant bugling of its existence, breaching their oath of office in the process.

Senior MattersBy Meg Callaway     Senior companionship is a gift that gives twice.

By Rhonda Hanson WeaverFA Class of 1967     In the 1950s and ‘60s, Dover-Foxcroft, like most small Maine towns, was a special place in which to grow up.

By Josh Salm     SHEBOYGAN, Wis.

D-F Legion is not dead To the Editor:    Dear friends, the American Legion is helping veterans next week.

Hot Air Balloon Festival To the Editor:    I just wanted to give some feedback on the Piscataquis Heritage Balloon Festival.

To the Editor:    We had our second annual Shiretown Shineup on Friday, May 17.

    Editor’s note: As readers may have noticed by the special logo on Page One of this newspaper, The Piscataquis Observer is marking 175 years in business in 2013.

    The FamilySearch website has a completely updated look, but all your old favorites are still there.

FoodShift wins competition To the Editor:    Thanks to all who voted their support online for FoodShift, the non-profit organization headquartered in California and founded by Dana Frasz.

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — When Gene Ripley and his wife, Mary Margaret, started farming in 2009, they broke new ground in ways besides simply plowing the fields.

By Lesley Fernow     June is coming and it is time for people of all ages to Live It Up.

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Sangerville is not a dictatorshipTo the Editor;    It was discouraging to witness the town manager and the two presiding selectmen in their efforts to spend town reserves beyond our Budget Committee’s recommendations at the annual town meeting last month.

Many hands make the work light (and conversation lively)To the Editor;    This Friday, May 17th, a group of volunteers will work to shine up the downtown area for the summer.

The peoples’ business needs to be conducted in the light of dayTo the Editor;    Reeling from the public relations disasters, which have emanated from their clown-like behavior in recent weeks, the Alfond Democrats have decided the best thing to do to save face is to hide.