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Ridge View Community School evacuated over bomb threat

DEXTER — The Ridge View Community School was evacuated Thursday, Nov.

Nominations sought for Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Maine Guide Award

Registered Maine Guides are experienced and passionate outdoors men and women and each year the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recognizes a member of the guiding community with the Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Guide Award.

Driver seriously injured in tractor-trailer crash in Dover-Foxcroft

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT – A driver was seriously injured Nov.

Jeep rear-ends horse-drawn carriage in Exeter

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Thomaston man was arrested Thursday, Nov.

Man accused of assaulting Waterville police officer arrested in Greenville

By WGME A Maine man who allegedly assaulted an officer in Waterville and then drove off in a stolen vehicle has been arrested in Greenville.

Some Maine prosecutors stop using a terrorizing law that’s likely unconstitutional

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine law that prohibits making certain types of threatening statements is likely unconstitutional following a U.

Commissioners award bid for dispatch center relocation

DOVER–FOXCROFT — After opting to table a decision on a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscatquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford, the Piscataquis County Commissioners opted to go with the low bid of three during a meeting on Nov.

Dover-Foxcroft police officer’s home destroyed in fire

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Bear Hill Road home belonging to a Dover-Foxcroft police officer and family was destroyed by a fire on Sunday, Nov.

Former Bangor man sentenced in northern Maine drug conspiracy

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times BANGOR — A former Bangor man was sentenced in U.

Special town meeting for Greenville housing district set for Dec. 6

GREENVILLE — A special town meeting concerning a proposed multigenerational housing district on Spruce Street will be held at 6 p.

Milo Fire Department looking to replace ladder truck

MILO — A more than 40-year-old Milo Fire Department ladder truck is in need of replacement.

Chinese marijuana grows dot rural Maine. Police have barely begun rooting them out.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff CARMEL — A former chicken barn near a few homes at an intersection in this small town off Interstate 95 looks nondescript until you take a closer look.

Artificial intelligence will soon answer non-emergency calls in Penobscot County

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff When someone calls the Penobscot Regional Communications Center’s non-emergency number, the line will soon be answered by artificial intelligence.

Golden announces $1.2 M for rural law enforcement hiring, school safety projects

Commissioners looking at bids for dispatch center location

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twice last year the Piscataquis County Commissioners put out to bid a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscatquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford.

Nov. 15 hearing set for Greenville housing district

GREENVILLE — The public will have the opportunity to weigh in a proposed Spruce Street housing project with a hearing set for 5 o’clock on Wednesday, Nov.

Firefighters get to train locally thanks to A.E. Robinson

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several area departments had the opportunity to get in some house fire-related training thanks to A.

County officials planning for influx of solar eclipse visitors

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Around 3:30 p.

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