A Dexter woman was hospitalized after rear-ending a cement truck in a Monday morning crash in Newburgh.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The question of whether to build an entirely new Penobscot County Jail has been on the minds of the county officials pushing for it and the activists fighting it for years.

GREENVILLE — When a life-altering natural disaster, public health emergency, or other crisis strikes, everyone involved is affected by it.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital was recently awarded one of the nation’s most prestigious rural healthcare recognitions: a Top 20 Award for Quality among critical access hospitals in the United States.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The town of Dover-Foxcroft and the steering committee for re-evaluating the next steps for the Mayo mill dam are inviting community members and interested parties to learn more about this initiative at a public forum scheduled for Tuesday, June 27 at the Central Hall Commons on East Main Street.

MILO — A key early step toward the multi-year construction process of a near $6.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes TORCH RUN — Officers from Dover-Foxcroft Police Department, Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office, Milo Police Department, Maine Warden Service, Maine State Police, and some younger runners all took turns carrying the torch 8-plus miles from Guilford to Dover-Foxcroft in a Special Olympics Torch Run on June 8.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A new study concluded Maine’s court system needs nine additional judges and 40 more clerks to efficiently deliver justice to Mainers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County has never had a logo of its own, instead various emblems and icons have been used over the years.

MILO — Those who served throughout the nation’s history, in times of war and times of peace alike, are recognized at the Veterans Memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Milo which includes monuments to past wars, the branches of the military, and stones engraved with names of local veterans.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The budget amount is still to be finalized, but the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board formally signed the RSU 68 warrant for Tuesday, June 13 to join the town’s municipal ballot in the voting booth.

GREENVILLE — As a potential way for Greenville to be proactive before any large-scale development projects come before the town, a moratorium ordinance may be added to the larger existing land use ordinance.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2015 law that shielded records on hazardous materials transported by rail in Maine is on the chopping block under a quick response from lawmakers to the train derailment in the Moosehead Lake region in April.

DEXTER — For the second time in 2023 the Dexter Town Council amended its ordinance on marijuana businesses.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Staff addressing concerns outlined in report on Penobscot jail culture Penobscot County Jail staff are addressing recommendations outlined in a report on the culture inside the facility while commissioners continue to pursue construction of a modern correctional facility they say would better address inmates’ mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A Charleston man could serve up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to aiding a drug trafficking operation in Penobscot and Aroostook counties.

A program that launched in October 2021 has mostly reversed a major Maine hospital system’s shortage of emergency medical technicians after staffing dropped 30 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic.