By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff MILO — A Milo man was arrested Saturday after allegedly burglarizing a local pizzeria and bakery.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The state has backed off on plans to build three administrative offices and as many storage barns in the restricted zone of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway after public opposition made it reconsider.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Parkman man fell through pond ice in Dexter while fleeing from sheriff’s deputies late last week.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine judge who failed field sobriety tests with a blood alcohol content nearly double the legal limit was acquitted of operating under the influence after a jury trial.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine will add two new public defender offices under a bill that passed the Legislature and was signed by Gov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from the cramped conditions of the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building is underway.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Unionized workers in the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office are guaranteed larger raises for the next two years under new union contracts.

ABBOT  – Warden K9 Storm and Game Warden Chad Robertson located a missing 71-year-old man in Abbot on the evening of March 16, deep in the woods approximately 1.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The state’s plans to build storage buildings and make other changes at three ranger stations in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has raised opposition from a group including guides led by the waterway’s former superintendent.

GREENVILLE — The number of visitors won’t be known for sure until the day of the event as those coming to the Moosehead Lake Region for the  total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 could total in the thousands or tens of thousands.

Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available for businesses and nonprofits from the U.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff GUILFORD — The vehicle of a Guilford Fire Department first responder was struck while officials were responding to a rollover crash in Abbot on March 7.

MILO — A vehicle that would have replaced a more than 40-year-old ladder truck in the Milo Fire Department fleet will not be coming to Maine, the Milo Select Board learned from Fire Chief Matt Demers during a meeting on Tuesday, March 5.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff SEBEC — A driver and passenger were killed Thursday morning, March 7 when two cars collided head-on in the Piscataquis County town of Sebec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has begun.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Warden Nick Bartholomew told his story Tuesday for the first time after he went through the ice on his snowmobile last week while searching for an overdue snowmobiler on Moosehead Lake.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Warden Service retrieved a snowmobile from Moosehead Lake Saturday, March 2 that went through the ice last week while the warden riding it was searching for a man who was reported missing, according to a department spokesperson.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School A HEARTFELT THANK YOU — The SeDoMoCha School recognized two outstanding students for their heroic response to assist Library Services ed tech Amy Fagan-Cannon during an unfortunate ski incident.