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Sgt. Grant appointed acting Dover-Foxcroft police chief

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Board of Selectmen has appointed Police Sgt.

Dover-Foxcroft police chief makes bail after initial appearance in Bangor court

Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Ryan P.

Piscataquis River’s water level is the lowest it has been in 117 years

Clair Hall has always lived along the bank of the Piscataquis River in a family home where the town line between Dover and Foxcroft diagonally divided the kitchen until the towns merged in 1922.

Dover-Foxcroft police chief attempted to strangle woman, warrant says

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence and would like to talk with an advocate, call 866-834-4357, TRS 800-787-3224.

Dover-Foxcroft police chief arrested

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft’s police chief has been arrested, according to the Penobscot County District Attorney Office .

Greenville-based wildlife biologist receives top MDIFW honor

AUGUSTA –- Scott McClellan, a wildlife biologist in the Greenville office, was honored with one of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s (MDIFW) highest honors, the Kenneth Anderson Award, given annually to the member of the department who has made exemplary contributions towards the enhancement of the state’s inland fisheries and wildlife.

Workers find human bones while digging a trench in Guilford

GUILFORD — Excavators were digging a trench in Stephanie Cartwright’s yard on Water Street in Guilford to upgrade the power system.

Dover-Foxcroft utilizing COVID-19 grant

DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

County seeking public safety radio system study proposals

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step was taken in a process to fix long-running communications problems for the county’s fire and police departments as the county commissioners formally approved a letter seeking requests for proposals for a public safety radio system study during a Sept.

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce more than $2.3M to prevent domestic violence and protect survivors

Credit union’s surprise gift renders county vote moot

The patrol and investigative divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office had long ago outgrown their small workspace, but this week they are working in their new spacious headquarters at the former KeyBank building in Guilford.

Mountain View employee with no inmate contact tests positive for COVID-19

CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) today confirmed that an employee of the Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston has tested positive for COVID-19.

New sheriff’s patrol building up and running

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Officers with the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office patrol and investigation divisions are now working out of a new building at the former Key Bank location on Hudson Avenue in Guilford.

Greenville couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide

GREENVILLE — The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit responded to a residence located at 18 Beech Street in Greenville on Thursday, Aug.

Charleston man seriously injured in rollover in Corinth

A Penobscot County man suffered serious injuries when he was thrown from his pickup truck as it crashed in Corinth on Tuesday night.

Sheriff’s patrol division preparing to move into new building

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Last month the previously anonymous identify of a benefactor — the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union in making the largest contribution in its 54-year history — providing the $145,000 to enable the county to purchase the former Key Bank building on Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to be the new home of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office patrol and investigation divisions was revealed during a presentation at the site.

Dover-Foxcroft utilizing grant to help mitigate COVID-19 spread

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier this summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maine inmates lose federal lawsuit seeking their releases over virus concerns

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Aug.

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