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In Piscataquis County, commissioners’ anti-mask vote has created a fraught political climate

By David Marino Jr.

Down East triple homicide suspect’s trial likely won’t happen in Washington County

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff The trial of Thomas Bonfanti, a Northfield man accused of killing three people in a February 2020 shooting spree in Machias and Jonesboro, is expected to be moved out of Washington County.

Inmate’s lawsuit says Bangor jail denied him mental health treatment and access to lawyer

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Penobscot County Jail inmate has sued Sheriff Troy Morton and jail administrators in U.

Four more Penobscot County Jail inmates have tested positive for COVID-19

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Four more inmates at the Penobscot County Jail tested positive for the coronavirus last week.

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Community Matters More winners

More than $180,000 distributed to 56 Maine and New Hampshire-based nonprofits COVID-19 relief, youth programming and development, animal assistance and basic needs – just some of the services provided by the Maine and New Hampshire-based nonprofits selected by the public to receive grants through the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s 2021 Community Matters More program.

Commissioners turn down letter of support for Center Theatre

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners voted down a request for a letter of support for an application being made by the Center Theatre to USDA Rural development for assistance with a structural update after tabling a decision earlier in the month.

Man rescued after being pinned under rocks

THE FORKS – The Maine Warden Service, teaming up with several other local emergency rescue agencies, freed a man who had fallen and was pinned between some large rocks on March 20.

DIF&W program led a Bangor teenager on the trail to a long warden career

By Jim Fahey I was a junior at Bangor High School during the fall of 1986.

10 inmates now positive for COVID-19 in Penobscot County Jail outbreak

By David Marino Jr.

Convicted murderer dies at Mountain View Correctional Center

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A man convicted of murdering a stranger in the 1970s has died at a Maine prison.

County officials considering budget calendar alignments

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County and Unorganized Territory budgets follow different timelines, with the county following a calendar year while the UT budget runs July 1-June 30.

Another inmate tests positive in Bangor jail’s COVID-19 outbreak

By David Marino Jr.

Dover-Foxcroft selectmen approve dangerous building order for Lincoln Street property

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Long-standing problems with a home and attached barn at 72 Lincoln St.

Pandemic forces Maine’s 20th-century courts to adopt modern technology

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s court system was ready to take one technological leap last year when COVID-19 hit and ground the wheels of justice to a halt.

Maine GOP lawmakers push ‘unconstitutional’ media bill linked to man who tried to marry laptop

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA,– A group of Republicans in the Maine Legislature is backing a bill that would force media outlets to cover the outcomes of court proceedings or remove mugshots from articles in certain cases or face civil penalties.

Two Penobscot County Jail inmates test positive as outbreak grows

By David Marino Jr.

Four arrested on drug charges in Exeter

EXETER — Two Michigan residents and two Exeter residents were arrested on March 4 by MDEA agents of the Bangor-based North Central Task Force.

Penobscot County Jail’s COVID-19 outbreak forces local police to drive arrestees to other counties

By Judy Harrison and David Marino Jr.

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