By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Operations at the Piscataquis County Jail were not dangerous and there was not a crisis when the state briefly ceased operations and threatened to close the facility, the sheriff said on Sept.

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police in Maine must be sure someone has waived their constitutional rights to a lawyer before continuing to question them, the state’s highest court ruled.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff U.

PORTLAND — September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross of Northern New England urges everyone to protect their loved ones by getting their households ready now.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A 63-year-old man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison died at the Mountain View Correctional Facility on Aug.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Jane, a pseudonym The Maine Monitor is using to protect her identity, was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is speaking out against the recent detention of a Bangor-born Wabanaki elder’s Canadian fiancee at the U.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A well-known, Bangor-born Wabanaki elder whose fiancee lives in Canada is raising the alarm about what they say has been harsh and disrespectful treatment by U.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A 63-year-old motorcyclist died from her injuries after striking a deer in Dexter on Saturday night.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff A man who was reported missing early Saturday, Aug.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of felony cases pending in Penobscot County has more than doubled compared with five years ago as courts struggle to keep up with the growing number of cases.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff PARKMAN — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help finding a “large amount of solar panels” that were allegedly taken from a solar farm site in Parkman.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON —  An inmate at the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston died on Sunday.

MILO — With the contract signed with Sheridan Construction Corporation of Fairfield, work will begin soon on the $7.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff CAMBRIDGE — A Bangor woman has been charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to something outside a home in the Somerset County town of Cambridge.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A Dexter man allegedly assaulted his 7-month-old child earlier this month.

By CBS 13 DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Jail has met the deadline set by the Maine Department of Corrections to provide a corrective action plan following numerous violations.