By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Two cats and a dog were killed in a fire that swept through a second-floor apartment at 175 Silvers Mills Road on Dexter Saturday evening, Jan 18.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff A snowmobile that went through the ice of Lake Wassookeag in Dexter on Jan.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine man was arrested on Tuesday morning, Jan.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff No one heard them yelling for help, but two men survived Tuesday when their snowmobile broke through the ice on Wassookeag Lake in Dexter.

MILO — Late last year Milo and Brownville officials voted in favor of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County could pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more a year to send inmates to other jails across the state after the facilities raised their costs.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the fall Piscataquis County officials heard an update from consultant Normand Boucher of Communications Design Consulting Group of Barrington, New Hampshire on the emergency radio system project.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff KENDUSKEAG — At least two people were injured in a crash on Route 15 on Monday morning, Jan.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — A man charged with murdering a Corinth man appeared in court Monday.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A number of agriculture-related laws passed this year were geared toward farmers, such as new rules for salmonella prevention, and monitoring at commercial egg farms; support for well-drilling to respond to droughts; and a new task force finding ways to support the state’s dairy industry.

ATKINSON — The homeowners of an Atkinson home escaped harm after three teenaged boys responded to the scene early Wednesday morning, Jan.

By Ethan Andrew, Bangor Daily News Staff ATKINSON — A barn was destroyed and an attached house is likely to be a total loss after a fire early Wednesday morning, Jan.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff More than a year after a leaked federal government memo connected illegal marijuana grow houses in Maine to Chinese organized crime, “well below” 100 such properties are believed to be left in the state, according to the U.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Money for trail systems, airboat noise limits and a push to fight aquatic invasive species are among the Maine Legislature’s 2024 decisions that will affect your outdoor experience in 2025.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The owner of a construction company ignored repeated warnings before a wall collapsed in Brownville and killed his brother, a federal workplace safety investigation found.

GREENVILLE — In order to bring the town’s land use ordinance up to date, Greenville Code Enforcement Officer Ron Sarol and the planning board have been working to address a lack of some guidelines and missing components of the document.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Artificial intelligence popped up everywhere in 2024, including Maine police departments.

DEXTER — The Dexter Town Council made a number of appointments for the next year and some for several years during the monthly meeting on Dec.