SANGERVILLE — The Sangerville Historical Society is pledging to sell its museum property at 9 Douty Hill Road for town hall renovations.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Police Department has had a busy summer, but some residents have reached out to officials with concerns about what they see as a lack of police presence.

MONSON — Fire struck the Moosehead Mill property in Monson on Saturday, Aug.

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff ROCKWOOD — Emergency crews were responding to a structure fire Sunday evening, Aug.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff MONSON — Multiple fire departments from both Piscataquis and Penobscot counties battled a blaze at the Moosehead Mill in Monson on Saturday night, Aug.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Commissioner Andre Cushing may be unable to participate in discussions and votes about the new jail proposal after accepting a free trip from two companies that could build the facility.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Sites are in the process of being secured for Piscataquis County’s $6.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A $750 million contract for transportation services will stay with an out-of-state company, Maine’s highest court ruled.

Greenville police say an 83-year-old woman who was traveling from Maine to Florida has been found after being reported missing.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The operator of the McKay Station hydroelectric facility said water continued to flow into the West Branch of the Penobscot River during July 27’s turbine shutdown, meeting the minimum release requirements under its federal license.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor A sudden shutdown at a dam on the West Branch of the Penobscot River may have killed thousands of fish, leaving Maine anglers and guides warning that a nationally recognized cold-water fishery is being put at repeated risk.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office personnel will be able to test suspected drugs safely with a forthcoming NARKsafe Ductless Testing Workstation to filter potentially harmful substances out of the air.

SANGERVILLE — Estimates are pending on the necessary repairs to get a Sangerville Fire Department 1993 tanker truck back on the road.

On the evening of July 23, Brownville Fire Rescue was dispatched to a water rescue on Schoodic Lake in the area off Knights Landing, per a post on the Brownville Fire Rescue Facebook page.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff  Penobscot County has until the end of the year to repay $4 million in federal funds that it loaned itself amid a multimillion-dollar budget crisis.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff A LaGrange man was arrested July 24 after fleeing a traffic stop on a motorcycle in Bradford, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.

AUGUSTA — The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Land Use Planning Commission is inviting residents, property owners and others to help shape the next Comprehensive Land Use Plan by participating in a pre-process survey.

By Maine Public Maine officials want to eliminate quarantine rules imposed to stop the spread of invasive emerald ash borer, arguing that the destructive beetle has continued to spread despite restrictions.