By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Police raided two illegal marijuana grow houses in Piscataquis County on Monday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Last fall the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board began the process to rectify a pair of deteriorating properties at 70 Union Street and 130 Pleasant Street.

MILO — The town of Milo is currently in the planning stages of a new building to house the fire, police, and public works departments.

By Carol Bousquet, Maine Public HARMONY — Police executed a drug search warrant on Friday morning, May 10 at a residence located on the South Road in Harmony, according to Sheriff Dale Lancaster.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Bangor-born woman who allegedly scammed people in multiple states and countries can be extradited to the United Kingdom, a federal judge ruled.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Dashboard cameras are installed in almost all Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office cruisers, but it may be months until they are turned on.

DEXTER — With SAD 46 budget numbers in hand, the Dexter Town Council will soon start developing its own spending plan.

Milo will hold a special election June 3 to fill four vacancies on its Select Board after a cluster of resignations over the last week left just one member on the board.

MILO — Three of Milo’s elected officials who appeared to violate Maine’s public access law during a March meeting have resigned, leaving the town with just one select board member.

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 larger building has been underway for over two months.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lawmakers approved a plan in April to ensure Maine begins providing defendants with clear start dates for criminal trials, but the proposal will not take effect unless it receives the necessary funding.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The top federal prosecutor in Maine has vowed to keep up the crackdown on illegal marijuana operations in the state.

MILO — An elected official in Milo has resigned from the town’s Select Board as it tries to move forward from a March meeting that appeared to violate Maine’s public access law.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer MONSON — A Piscataquis County town is trying to determine the future of its fire department after its chief and four firefighters resigned last week.

GUILFORD — Valley Grange in Guilford has announced the annual Celebration of Community, which will take place on Friday, May 17 at the Grange Hall.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s correctional facilities are teaching prisoners to grow and prepare their own food.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A proposed budget totaling $8,302,205 for the 2024-25 fiscal year was approved at the annual town meeting in the Morton Avenue Municipal Building Gymnasium on the morning of Saturday, April 27.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Hancock County man who lost his roughly $40,000 property over not paying $2,600 in taxes has filed a lawsuit against his former town in a class action case that may put more Maine towns on notice even after lawmakers changed foreclosure rules last year.