By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff GARLAND — Two cats perished in a house fire in Garland on Tuesday.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Guilford woman has been charged with stealing more than $900,000 from her former employer over three years.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Although it’s likely no one felt too much of the earthquake that shook Sebec on Saturday, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

DEXTER — An Orneville man is facing multiple charges after allegedly kidnapping his 4-year-old son from his mother-in-law’s home and fleeing in a vehicle, then returning for money and trying to take his daughter.

By Samanta Hogan, Maine Monitor Most boaters under age 25 will be required to pass an education and safety course before January 2024 to operate on Maine’s lakes and rivers because of a bill passed by the state Legislature this year.

Photo courtesy of Maine Highlands FCU BODY CAMERA FUNDING – Executive VP of Maine Highlands FCU Maria Wooten presented a check for the purchase of two body cameras to Milo Police Department Officers Dave Boxwell, center, and Trevor Duby in Milo on Monday.

By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News Staff Wildfire season in Maine appears to be getting worse, something that Maine Forest Service Director Patty Cormier attributes to the changing climate.

The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency has hired a husband and wife team to update a plan that helps communities prevent and deal with natural and human-caused disasters.

By Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer and Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A former treasurer of the Greenville Firefighters Association who was serving a sentence for stealing money from the group and the town was recently pardoned by Gov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s dispatch center will have a new home in early 2023, but it won’t be the one that county officials have discussed for months as part of an overhaul meant to fix chronic radio communications problems for emergency personnel.

The Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Highway Safety is joining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and others to remind drivers that driving distracted is dangerous and illegal and 100 percent preventable.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A former Greenville police chief who was charged with criminal threatening in January had broken an order not to enter a gym and made another police officer fearful of being physically harmed, according to a court complaint obtained Monday.

By Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public State police have long helped sheriff departments patrol large, rural counties in Maine.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will gather at 9 a.

Piscataquis County will soon have a point person to organize community efforts and serve as a guide to municipalities on broadband expansion.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Planned demolition for the structure at 72 Lincoln St.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency will be holding meetings open to the public to review and update the current hazard mitigation plan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Old technology that causes Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency computers to lock up in the middle of tasks is making it difficult for the group to finish its new website.