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Penobscot County considers mobile jail made from semi-trailers to ease inmate overcrowding

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is considering leasing a 50-bed mobile jail unit that would sit in the current jail’s parking lot to ease chronic overcrowding at the facility, which is licensed to hold 157 inmates.

Dexter won’t field a boys varsity soccer team this year

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Dexter Regional High School won’t field a boys varsity soccer team this fall, citing low participation numbers.

Joe Biden’s mishandling of Afghanistan has tanked his poll numbers. Is it permanent?

By Matthew Gagnon George W.

Out-of-staters are more successful bear hunters in Maine

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s no secret among hunters that Maine is a great place to hunt black bears.

‘Brush With Nature,’ Maine Audubon’s inaugural plein air painting event debuts this September

Recent studies have shown that time spent in nature sparks and improves creativity, along with its other many benefits.

Masks are now recommended in all but 1 of Maine’s counties

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers should again wear masks regardless of their vaccination status in Androscoggin County because of the summer surge in COVID-19 cases.

2 more Mainers have died and another 287 coronavirus cases reported across the state

This story will be updated.

Civil War presentation Sept. 1

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Civil War author and historian Brian Swartz will speak at the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society meeting on Wednesday evening Sept.

Maine TREE Foundation Teacher Tour visits Piscataquis County

The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District was approached by the executive director of the Maine TREE Foundation, Jonathan LaBonte, to take part in their annual Teacher Tour.

Man who shot relative in Shirley in 2019 found guilty of attempted murder

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Superior Court judge on Monday, Aug.

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