Police & Fire -Piscataquis Observer

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

By David Marino Jr.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Two Penobscot County Jail inmates test positive as outbreak grows

By David Marino Jr.

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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.

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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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Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby returns this weekend

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 10th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7.

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Maine says judge should dismiss newspapers’ lawsuit over access to court complaints

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The state is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Bangor Daily News and other publications over delayed access to documents in the judicial branch’s new e-filing system.

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UPDATE — Silver Alert issued for LaGrange resident Mickey Moody Sr.

UPDATE — Mr.

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Pandemic has left backlog of criminal cases in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff There are 10,000 more criminal cases awaiting a resolution in Maine than there were a year ago, but the increase has been most pronounced in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

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Court system reverses rule on access to civil complaints following lawsuit

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine court system will make civil complaints available immediately through its new electronic case filing system beginning March 15 after being sued in federal court by the Bangor Daily News, a national legal news service and other Maine publications in a lawsuit over the accessibility to documents.

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Paris Select Board passes resolution opposing mask mandate it says violates disabilities act

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The Paris Select Board has passed a resolution opposing the statewide mandate for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.

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Officers at Bangor jail test positive for COVID-19

By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News Staff Six staff members at the Penobscot County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, though no inmates have tested positive so far, Sheriff Troy Morton said Tuesday.

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A program to keep people out of jail is still rarely used in Maine

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The use of an alternative sentencing program designed to keep Mainers out of jail has increased, but it still accounts for less than 5 percent of cases in the county that used it most often, according to a recent study.

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BDN joins lawsuit over delayed access to civil complaints in Maine courts’ new e-filing system

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News has joined a national legal news service and other Maine publications in a lawsuit over the accessibility of civil matters in the Maine court system’s recently implemented e-filing program.

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Androscoggin commissioners reject anti-mask resolution

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A weekslong controversy over an anti-mask resolution that roiled the Androscoggin County Commission came to end on Wednesday evening when commissioners rejected it.

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Maine county commissioners have ‘huge incentive’ to pass extreme resolutions

By David Marino Jr.

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

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

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

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

Two Penobscot County Jail inmates test positive as outbreak grows

Four arrested on drug charges in Exeter

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

Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby returns this weekend

Maine says judge should dismiss newspapers’ lawsuit over access to court complaints

UPDATE — Silver Alert issued for LaGrange resident Mickey Moody Sr.

Pandemic has left backlog of criminal cases in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties

Court system reverses rule on access to civil complaints following lawsuit

Paris Select Board passes resolution opposing mask mandate it says violates disabilities act

Officers at Bangor jail test positive for COVID-19

A program to keep people out of jail is still rarely used in Maine

BDN joins lawsuit over delayed access to civil complaints in Maine courts’ new e-filing system

Androscoggin commissioners reject anti-mask resolution

Maine county commissioners have ‘huge incentive’ to pass extreme resolutions

Maine passes ‘red flag’ law born out of the Lewiston shooting

Mainers defeat Republican effort to institute voter ID and limit absentee voting

Planning underway for Mayo Mill Dam removal