BROWNVILLE — A Brownville firefighter and emergency medical technician who was convicted of stealing from a fire department where he worked in New Hampshire will serve as the town’s next fire chief.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Public Safety Building project will receive a $902,000 boost as part of federal appropriations bills.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County officials are hoping new technology will help emergency responders communicate better while saving thousands of dollars a month.

An independent auditor called out elected officials of a tiny Maine municipality for violating the public trust by not following proper procedures for handling taxpayer money.

VASSALBORO — On Friday, Dec.

BEAVER COVE, Maine — A company with a permit to build two single-family houses in Beaver Cove will have to pay a $6,150 fine and restore vegetation, leaving the Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission members to wonder how to better thwart violations such as these.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For the first time in nearly four decades, a person other than Joe Guyotte will serve as Dover-Foxcroft fire chief.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It will cost Piscataquis County $5,940,331 to operate next year, plus $2,205,199 to run the unorganized territories.

By WGME A former Greenville police chief has pleaded guilty to several charges, including arson and burglary.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It was February 1964, and Joseph Guyotte, after several months of waiting, heard from Fire Chief “Old Red” Whitman about an open reserve position at the fire station.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A fire that started in a ceiling light fixture in an apartment building on Center Street Saturday night was quickly squelched, according to the Dexter fire chief.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners agreed to raise the daily boarding rate for prisoners from outside the county during a meeting Tuesday.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Florida man who was convicted of murdering an 86-year-old Presque Isle man more than six years ago has died in a state prison.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff This time next year Penobscot County sheriff’s deputies will be wearing body cameras and have dashboard cameras in their cruisers as their law enforcement counterparts in Bangor, Brewer and Orono do.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Next year’s Piscataquis County budget is likely to grow nearly 10 percent, but county officials say there still isn’t enough money for new positions that would alleviate stress for certain departments and tackle ongoing issues.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A judge who presided over the Queen City’s most horrific murder trial and whose decision over a transgender student’s access to a school bathroom helped change the law stepped down last week after nearly three decades on the bench.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A Madison woman died after icy roads caused a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95 in Waterville on Friday evening.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Next year’s Penobscot County budget will require towns and cities to contribute 8 percent more to county operations due to rising costs and the need to keep salaries and benefits competitive.