GREENVILLE — Greenville Code Enforcement Officer Ron Sarol will be leaving the position early next month.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is looking to finalize a proposed revision to the town’s land use ordinance by including a new definition pertaining to motorsports businesses.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A proposed $36 million budget for Penobscot County, including a controversial increase in the jail budget,  was partially approved by an advisory committee in a five-hour meeting on Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Program grant cuts to six organizations in the proposed 2026 Piscataquis County budget have been restored by the Piscataquis County Commissioners.

MILO — A $125,000 sidewalk replacement project in Milo is finished.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers can now renew their Real ID through an online portal.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is expanding its recall of cannabis vapes because of unsafe pesticide levels.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An earthquake rattled the ground near Dover-Foxcroft on Sunday morning, Nov.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A 63-year-old man who was sentenced to six years in prison died after recently being released to supervised community confinement from the Mountain View Correctional Facility.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff A state representative is pushing for a bill to be discussed in the Legislature that would give residents more input in their county budgets.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers voted Tuesday to create a “red flag” gun control law that came in response to the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters on Tuesday rejected a Republican-led effort to require photo identification when casting a ballot and to add new restrictions on absentee voting.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The multi-year process to remove the Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River in downtown Dover-Foxcroft has begun.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is recalling cannabis vapes because of unsafe pesticide levels.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County will pay a total of $100,000 to reserve land on which it hopes to build a new jail.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers have two statewide referendums before them on the November ballot that would enshrine voter ID requirements and make big changes to absentee voting along with creating a “red flag” law.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 fiscal year county budget and 2026-27 fiscal year Unorganized Territory budget at 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A life devoted to the service of others has earned Kevin Springer of Greenville the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council’s 2025 Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award.