By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Five people on Feb.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s attorney general is appealing a recent court decision that suspended a new law requiring gun buyers to wait three days before taking possession of the firearm.

MILO — The town of Milo hopes to break ground on the new public safety building later this year.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine will have a new top federal prosecutor under President Donald Trump, after U.

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits to maintaining its ailing dam on the Piscataquis River to federal standards, officials said at a meeting in early February.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal judge on Feb.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff GARLAND — Rescuers found an 85-year-old man who crashed into the woods in Garland on Wednesday, Feb.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2023 train derailment in rural Somerset County that spilled 500 gallons of diesel fuel was caused by excessive water that flowed through a beaver dam and washed out part of the track, state officials said Wednesday, Feb.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is working to bring the town’s land use ordinance up to date by addressing a lack of guidelines and missing components in the document.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Last June, Dover-Foxcroft voters rejected a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River, meaning citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permits and repair costs for the structure.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff The man Mainers call when they lose something below the surfaces of frozen lakes is having a very unusual year.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine saw a 19 percent drop in overdose deaths in 2024.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft voters rejected a referendum article last June concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River, indicating they were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permitting, and repair costs for the structure.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County is looking to join the towns of Brownville and Milo in an agreement with the Howland-based Central Maine Highlands Fire District #1 to ensure ambulance service is available in the eastern Unorganized Territories.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Two people went through the ice on their snowmobile on Moosehead Lake Jan.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The owner of a Maine construction company reached a settlement with the federal government after a fatal wall collapse at a construction site in Brownville last summer.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Two more men were charged with murder after a grand jury reviewed the criminal cases connected to a missing man found dead in Penobscot County last year.

GREENVILLE — When a traumatic incident at school, at work, or in the community occurs, people may experience painful and debilitating emotional distress.