DOVER-FOXCROFT — He will present more information at the next meeting of the Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday, Sept.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Fallen branches, darting deer and ambling porcupines are some of the obstacles Maine drivers expect to see on the road at night.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County officials are considering buying one of four properties on which to build a new jail.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The federal government wants to seize two more houses in central Maine allegedly used for illegally growing marijuana.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The man killed in a Corinth farm truck crash has been identified.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Dexter-area school district has canceled its first day of classes because of a threat.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board signed the 2024-25 tax commitment during a meeting on Monday, Aug.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff An Exeter man has been arrested in connection with a slaying in Pennsylvania.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff After nearly 15 years, Northern Light Mayo Hospital will no longer keep a staffed ambulance at the Corinth Fire Department.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — A public defender in Bangor is representing her first clients, a step toward reducing the number of people who are waiting weeks or even months for a lawyer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the county jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same building has been proceeding and is nearing completion.

MILO — Two months ago Milo officials learned about an opportunity to work with the Maine Department of Transportation on a Village Partnership Initiative to develop a vision for the downtown — any binding obligation would be made in the months to come.

GREENVILLE — For most of the year the Greenville Planning Board has been working on an affordable housing density ordinance to be in compliance with state regulations — LD 2003 “An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions.

By Leigh Tass, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections reported an inmate died at the Mountain View Correctional Facility Saturday, Aug.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A New Hampshire man died Saturday, Aug.

DEXTER — In 2012 the town of Dexter adopted a comprehensive plan, and the document was revised in 2018 with an assessment and update of policies, goals, and strategies.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — DOVER-FOXCROFT — For four years Piscataquis County and municipal emergency officials have been working to update outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Following last month’s vote to reject a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River — indicating citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permitting, and repair costs for the structure — a 9-member Mayo Mill Dam Review Committee has been formed to help determine the future of the site.