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Gun purchase law in limbo

1 day ago | observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds

VPAULR V. Paul Reynolds By V. Paul ReynoldsIn August of last year, a Maine law went into effect that required gun buyers to wait for 72 hours before leaving a store with the gun that they had purchased. Obviously, gun owners, gun dealers, hunters, recreational shooters and just about anyone who believed in the constitutional right to bear arms were surprised, if not stunned, that Gov. Mills allowed this law to take effect without her signature.
Learning Fair comes to Piscataquis Community Elementary School

2 days ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

GUILFORD — For the two and half months prior to April vacation, Piscataquis Community Elementary School families read E.B. White’s novel “Charlotte’s Web” at home together through the One Book – One School program with activities based on the previous night’s chapter being held during the ensuing school day. Each family got to keep their copy with the books funded by a grant. Discussion questions — for example “Charlotte was busy creating the last word for the web.
PCES fifth-graders learn how to treat wastewater

3 days ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

GUILFORD — When water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet, where exactly does it go and what happens to the liquid? Piscataquis Community Elementary School fifth-graders have been learning about wastewater and the students got to see firsthand with an April 17 field trip to the Guilford Sangerville Utilities District treatment center off Route 15.
Greenville Select Board supports Big Moose Mountain grant application

4 days ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Select Board is supporting a local nonprofit’s efforts to purchase the 1,700-acre Big Moose Mountain property. The board approved a letter of support for a $500,000 grant application by the Friends of the Mountain to the Northern Border Regional Commission Catalyst Program during an April 16 meeting.
Two lights commemorate the beginning of America’s birth

4 days ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Exactly 250 years after two lanterns were hung in Boston’s Old North Church to signal Paul Revere and spark a chain of events that began the American Revolution, the town of Dover-Foxcroft joined communities across Maine and elsewhere with the “Two Lights for Tomorrow” event commemorating the anniversary during the early evening of April 18.
‘Drawn to Your Library’ art contest winners

5 days ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

News Ridgeview art contest winners Contributed photoLITERARY CHARACTER ART — The Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter sponsored an art contest for Ridge View Community School students for National Library Week, April 6-12, with the theme of "Drawn to Your Library". Students drew pictures of their favorite literary character. The board of trustees sponsored the contest.
Who will Democrats find to run against Susan Collins in 2026?

6 days ago | observer-me.com | Billy Kobin

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News StaffGov. Janet Mills looms over the Democratic effort to find someone who can oust U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2026, and the first candidate may kick off their race by the end of the month. A young activist, the Penobscot Nation chief, a top lawmaker and a former state senator are among the Democrats who have either indicated they may run or are being floated as potential candidates against Collins.
Hammond Lumber can start pre-construction process on Greenville storage building

1 week ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

GREENVILLE — A month and a half before a Greenville town meeting vote concerning several proposed zoning changes to allow some properties to be used for different purposes than are currently permitted, Hammond Lumber was given the go-ahead to start pre-construction preparations. The Greenville Planning Board had no objections to the request during an April 16 meeting, knowing any actual construction could not start until after a successful vote on the evening of Monday, June 2.
Quick thinking: A life saved

1 week ago | observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds

By V. Paul ReynoldsHuman behavior is so unpredictable. Why, for example, in extreme survival scenarios do some of the least expected “victims” survive, while still others, who seemed to be the toughest and most resilient, perish under the same conditions? Survival expert Tom Brown theorized that it all boiled down to attitude and the inner will to live. Similarly, in personal danger situations, we all behave differently.
Milo officials awaiting public safety building bids

1 week ago | observer-me.com | Stuart Hedstrom

MILO — The groundbreaking for the new Milo public safety building could happen as soon as late summer or early fall as bids for the project are due Thursday. Once project submissions are all in, Plymouth Engineering will look at the bids with Town Manager Bob Canney. The firm typically compiles a list as bidders and some companies who did not submit ask about the range of prices, Canney said during an April 9 select board meeting.