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Dover-Foxcroft utilizing COVID-19 grant

DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

County seeking public safety radio system study proposals

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step was taken in a process to fix long-running communications problems for the county’s fire and police departments as the county commissioners formally approved a letter seeking requests for proposals for a public safety radio system study during a Sept.

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce more than $2.3M to prevent domestic violence and protect survivors

Credit union’s surprise gift renders county vote moot

The patrol and investigative divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office had long ago outgrown their small workspace, but this week they are working in their new spacious headquarters at the former KeyBank building in Guilford.

Mountain View employee with no inmate contact tests positive for COVID-19

CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) today confirmed that an employee of the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston has tested positive for COVID-19.

New sheriff’s patrol building up and running

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Officers with the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office patrol and investigation divisions are now working out of a new building at the former Key Bank location on Hudson Avenue in Guilford.

Greenville couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide

GREENVILLE — The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit responded to a residence located at 18 Beech Street in Greenville on Thursday, Aug.

Charleston man seriously injured in rollover in Corinth

A Penobscot County man suffered serious injuries when he was thrown from his pickup truck as it crashed in Corinth on Tuesday night.

Sheriff’s patrol division preparing to move into new building

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the previously anonymous identify of a benefactor — the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union in making the largest contribution in its 54-year history — providing the $145,000 to enable the county to purchase the former Key Bank building on Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to be the new home of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office patrol and investigation divisions was revealed during a presentation at the site.

Dover-Foxcroft utilizing grant to help mitigate COVID-19 spread

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maine inmates lose federal lawsuit seeking their releases over virus concerns

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Aug.

After voting for new jail, key commissioner now says Penobscot County ‘can’t afford’ one

A Penobscot County commissioner who last year agreed the county needed a new jail to replace its chronically overcrowded and aging facility now says he’s in favor of a remodel or expansion of the existing jail, not building a whole new facility.

Logger resolves water quality violations with Maine Forest Service

AUGUSTA – The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service (MFS) has entered into an administrative settlement agreement with S.

Feasibility study would find solutions to county emergency communications issues

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Representatives of the county’s fire and police departments are in agreement that long-term solutions to communications issues in the region need to be addressed, such as getting around the hilly terrain and upgrading or replacing antiquated equipment.

Pair injured in Kingsbury Plantation ATV crash

KINGSBURY PLANTATION — At approximately 12:45 p.

Increase in misdialed 9-1-1 calls may be caused by smartphones and smartwatches

An estimated 240 million emergency 9-1-1 calls are made from phones in the United States each year, with least 80 percent originating from wireless devices, according to the National Emergency Number Association.

Game wardens, forest rangers team up to rescue hiker in 100-Mile Wilderness

A 33-year-old hiker from Ohio was airlifted from one of the most remote sections of the Appalachian Trail early on Sunday, July 27 after he was experiencing chest pains.

D-F man arrested after allegedly shooting twice into neighbor’s apartment

DOVER-FOXCROFT — At approximately 9:50 Saturday morning officers from the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department were called to 26 Harvey Street for the report of a male subject that had appeared in the street, per a post on the department Facebook page.

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