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Penobscot County Jail reports new COVID-19 outbreak, weeks after the end of its last one

By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — COVID-19 has returned to the Penobscot County Jail, a little more than two weeks after state health officials declared a previous virus outbreak at the Bangor facility over.

Community group criticizes county commissioners

The nonpartisan community group, PROACT!, announced that they presented the Piscataquis County Commissioners with a petition signed online by over 300 people asking the commissioners to rescind their January ‘Resolution of Protest.

D-F selectmen await plan for dangerous building on Lincoln Street

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the Dover-Foxcroft Board of Selectmen approved a dangerous building order for a home and attached barn at 72 Lincoln Street to address long-standing problems with the property.

Man killed while transporting logs in Charleston

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A man has died from injuries that occurred when loading a trailer with logs in Charleston on Sunday afternoon, April 10.

Portland man claims that Percival Baxter would support leashless dogs in his namesake park

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff PORTLAND — A Portland man who has sued the city believes former Gov.

Public hearing on Moosehead Lake ski resort project TIF set for April 20

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A public hearing on tax increment financing for the project to develop a ski resort with year-round attractions on 1,700 acres overlooking Moosehead Lake in the unorganized territory outside of Greenville will be part of the next regular Piscataquis County Commissioners meeting at 8:30 a.

For small Maine police forces, low morale and few applicants are problems that compound each other

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff For years, police departments have been finding it increasingly difficult to find qualified applicants for patrol officer positions.

Three arrested in Milo following two-month MDEA investigation

MILO — Three people have been charged with felony drug trafficking following a two-month investigation into the sale of fentanyl and crack cocaine from a home in Milo.

Maine’s local politics has taken a distinctly national turn

By David Marino Jr.

Allagash Wilderness Waterway superintendent paddlin’ on to retirement

By Matthew LaRoche, Allagash Wilderness Waterway superintendent After 44 years of dedicated service managing two of Maine’s most iconic rivers, I am calling it a career.

COVID-19 outbreak at Penobscot County Jail is over, CDC says

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — State epidemiologists have closed their investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak at the Penobscot County Jail, as the facility has gone at least two weeks without a new case of the virus, according to a Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson.

With fewer volunteers, more Maine towns look to neighbors to fight their fires

By David Marino Jr.

In Piscataquis County, commissioners’ anti-mask vote has created a fraught political climate

By David Marino Jr.

Down East triple homicide suspect’s trial likely won’t happen in Washington County

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff The trial of Thomas Bonfanti, a Northfield man accused of killing three people in a February 2020 shooting spree in Machias and Jonesboro, is expected to be moved out of Washington County.

Inmate’s lawsuit says Bangor jail denied him mental health treatment and access to lawyer

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Penobscot County Jail inmate has sued Sheriff Troy Morton and jail administrators in U.

Four more Penobscot County Jail inmates have tested positive for COVID-19

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Four more inmates at the Penobscot County Jail tested positive for the coronavirus last week.

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Community Matters More winners

More than $180,000 distributed to 56 Maine and New Hampshire-based nonprofits COVID-19 relief, youth programming and development, animal assistance and basic needs – just some of the services provided by the Maine and New Hampshire-based nonprofits selected by the public to receive grants through the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s 2021 Community Matters More program.

Commissioners turn down letter of support for Center Theatre

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners voted down a request for a letter of support for an application being made by the Center Theatre to USDA Rural development for assistance with a structural update after tabling a decision earlier in the month.

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