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Penobscot County approves its largest budget increase in years

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Commissioners unanimously approved the county’s new $29.

D-F Select Board declares Union Street home a dangerous building

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this fall the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board began the process to rectify a pair of deteriorating properties at 70 Union Street and 130 Pleasant Street.

Milford man drowns after breaking through ice

INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A Milford Man drowned on Dec.

Ceremony to honor Maine State Police Corp. Wing on Dec. 14

MONSON — The Maine State Police will be honoring Corp.

Penobscot County proposes a $2.3M budget increase

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is proposing a budget increase of about $2.

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 Piscataquis 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.

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