The hiker found dead on Katahin’s Baxter peak last week has been identified as Nathan Leigh Bell, 27, of Walkersville, Maryland, according to officials.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The chief of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department has resigned after being arrested last month for allegedly attempting to strangle a woman with whom he was having an affair.

BAXTER STATE PARK — The body of an unidentified male was found Thursday, Oct.

A veteran Massachusetts journalist has died after a 50-foot fall on Katahdin.

BAXTER STATE PARK —  A 75-year-old year old man from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was airlifted by a Maine Army National Guard UH60L Blackhawk helicopter after becoming benighted on the Knife Edge and sustaining injuries from a fall.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several days before the budget committee had its initial scheduled meeting, the county commissioners conducted their first review of draft spending plans for the Piscataquis County and Unorganized Territory budgets during an Oct.

A 13-year-old was rescued from Katahdin on Sunday after he suffered a medical emergency.

BOWERBANK — Officials for the town of Bowerbank are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a safety enhancement grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers Compensation Fund in the amount of $2,000.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Board of Selectmen has appointed Police Sgt.

Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Ryan P.

Clair Hall has always lived along the bank of the Piscataquis River in a family home where the town line between Dover and Foxcroft diagonally divided the kitchen until the towns merged in 1922.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence and would like to talk with an advocate, call 866-834-4357, TRS 800-787-3224.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft’s police chief has been arrested, according to the Penobscot County District Attorney Office .

AUGUSTA –- Scott McClellan, a wildlife biologist in the Greenville office, was honored with one of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s (MDIFW) highest honors, the Kenneth Anderson Award, given annually to the member of the department who has made exemplary contributions towards the enhancement of the state’s inland fisheries and wildlife.

GUILFORD — Excavators were digging a trench in Stephanie Cartwright’s yard on Water Street in Guilford to upgrade the power system.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — During the summer the town of Dover-Foxcroft was awarded an approximate $255,000 grant through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign to help cover unexpected costs for the community and other Piscataquis County towns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step was taken in a process to fix long-running communications problems for the county’s fire and police departments as the county commissioners formally approved a letter seeking requests for proposals for a public safety radio system study during a Sept.

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