By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A major leak has partially shut down the kitchen at the Penobscot County Jail, forcing the jail to purchase meals and bring them in from outside at an added cost.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Seventeen people who allegedly participated in a drug ring that brought fentanyl and methamphetamine from Massachusetts to Maine for distribution as far north as Caribou are facing federal drug charges.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff                LIMESTONE – Staff Sgt.

DEXTER, — Dexter councilors decided Thursday to allocate the remainder of the town’s first round of American Rescue Act Plan funds to improvement projects and a local organization that will serve as a food pantry and resource center.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Jail and courthouse have serious air flow problems, but the Piscataquis County Commissioners say there is no money to make the repairs.

BROWNVILLE — Richard McMahon drives down a snowy hill and onto the field below, the crate on the back of his ATV packed with oats.

GREENVILLE — Police arrested two men accused of trafficking crack cocaine and fentanyl and seized nearly $20,000 in drugs during a traffic stop in Greenville.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Two snowmobiles went through the ice in separate locations on Moosehead Lake recently due to pressure ridges created by fluctuating temperatures.

A former Greenville police chief was arrested and charged with criminal threatening, according to the Piscataquis County District Attorney’s Office.

MILO — The town of Milo wants to build a public safety building to house its police, fire and public works departments.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners rejected a request for $5,000 that would have allowed the county’s economic development council and a consulting firm to proceed with a broadband expansion project.

The 1-month-old infant who died at his Milo home in late August had been beaten to the point that he had several fractured bones and cuts on his organs, according to court documents that a Piscataquis County Superior Court justice unsealed on Monday.

A judge on Monday ordered that a Guilford man accused of assault and firing three gunshots be held on $20,000 cash bail, according to the district attorney’s office.

GREENVILLE — Greenville’s new fire chief is special.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners expressed disappointment in a recent broadband study, reiterating that they would prioritize and dedicate American Rescue Plan funds to radio communications upgrades for the county’s emergency responders.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine State Police is working to pull back its patrol responsibilities in Penobscot County as part of a yearslong effort to reduce its presence in rural parts of the state.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON – A Lewiston man convicted 16 years ago of sex crimes against children has died at the minimum security prison in Charleston.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff WARREN – A man convicted of beating his neighbor to death more than 30 years ago has died at the Maine State Prison.