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.

    Warm weather has finally arrived in Maine, and it’s a great time to take advantage of person-to-person genealogy.

FoodShift needs your support To the Editor:    As you may be aware, our daughter Dana has founded a non-profit organization called FoodShift, headquartered in Oakland, Calif.

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.

By Meg Callaway     How can you enjoy working out, eating local produce, and enhancing your total wellbeing affordably all summer? Garden! Gardening builds and strengthens muscles, providing full body exercise for people of all ages.

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By Walter Whitcomb     Maine’s image is built around our natural resources.

Modern phone companies lack customer service To the Editor:    From what I read on the Internet the Maine Public Utilities Commission is powerless to deal with irregularities perpetrated by out of state communications businesses, even though their business activities might verge on fraudulent and/or life threatening to Maine citizens?     Verizon Wireless anxiously collects its fees with a robotic system, which, without warning, will interrupt both incoming and outgoing home and family communications with a voice message declaring “Don’t hang up! You are being transferred to financial services.

Chained CPI a terrible idea To the Editor:    Are you a retired woman who has worked most of your life while raising children and keeping up with house work? Do you count on the Social Security that you paid into as you worked for your retirement income? Have you appreciated the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) that have been made to keep up with the ever-increasing costs of living? Then you should be aware that some folks in Washington are pushing a proposal that would reduce COLAs over the next 10 years.

    Many of my older photographs are unidentified.

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    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.