DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council on Thursday, March 13 extended a moratorium on commercial solar arrays for another year as the planning board develops a comprehensive ordinance.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff An unusual mix of gun control proponents and opponents are backing a proposal to protect people who agree to hold onto firearms for others from legal liability.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill that would have eliminated year-round hunting of coyotes was voted ought-not-to-pass Monday afternoon, March 17 by the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The state of Maine is violating people’s Constitutional rights by not providing them lawyers in a timely fashion, a March 7 court ruling said.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine attorney general has found that a Dexter police sergeant had reasonable cause for shooting and wounding a man in June of 2024.

By Kaitlyn Budoin, Maine Public A federal judge has denied Attorney General Aaron Frey’s request to reinstate Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases while the case is appealed.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board will abandon plans to pursue hydropower at the Mayo Mill Dam and surrender its dam operating license, which could have cost $1.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff People who have been charged with crimes must be released from jail after 14 days if the state of Maine fails to provide a lawyer within that time, according to a new court order issued March 7.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff AUGUSTA — A group of Maine lawmakers has proposed rolling back legislation passed last year that prohibited unauthorized paramilitary training.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is considering several zoning changes to allow some properties to be used for different purposes than are currently permitted.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Select Board last week approved a series of land use ordinance amendments that change how far away a structure must be from the property lines in certain sections of town.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters will decide this fall whether to adopt a “red flag” law.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Fishing licenses for Maine residents will go up by $5 if the full Legislature approves a bill that made it out of committee after a work session in Augusta.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff A 53-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed in a snowmobile crash Friday afternoon, Feb.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Piscataquis County are completing training on new equipment that will help them provide more efficient, effective care.

GREENVILLE — After several months of discussion, the Greenville Planning Board formally gave its approval to  some land use ordinance amendments concerning changes to property line setbacks in certain sections of town.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A Hancock man died at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston on Friday night, Feb.