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It may be legal, but high prices and inconvenience may drive black-market marijuana for years

By David Marino Jr.

New program seeks to brighten holiday for Piscataquis County inmates’ children

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Usually the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office uses the money from returnable cans and bottles in the office to help fund the Drug Abuse Education Program.

Man at Charleston prison becomes first state inmate to die from COVID-19

By Charles Eichacker Bangor Daily News Staff A 70-year-old man incarcerated at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston was the state’s first inmate to die from the coronavirus, the Maine Department of Corrections announced Dec.

LaGrange man arrested for fatal July crash

By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff State police have charged a LaGrange man with manslaughter nearly six months after a July crash that killed the passenger in the SUV he was driving.

Courthouses around Maine will close several days a week as virus spread worsens

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Courthouses around Maine are closing to the public several days a week through the month of January as coronavirus cases continue surging across the state.

Maine saw six signs of a warming climate throughout 2020

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff Six types of weather events that struck Maine in 2020 — drought, wildfires, storms, floods, warming oceans and rising sea levels — are expected to make return visits in the coming years as climate change continues to affect the state.

Commissioners formally oppose new earned paid leave act

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners voted on Dec.

Maine State Police ceremony honors those who died in the line of duty

Photo courtesy of Monson Historical Society REMEMBERING 90 YEARS LATER — On Dec.

Fatal crashes have increased as traffic has declined during the pandemic in Maine

By Eesha Pendharkar, Bangor Daily News Staff More Mainers have died from fatal crashes in 2020 than last year even with less traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a state official citing cases of reckless driving on more open roads.

Maine has seen more than 1,000 wildfires this year, driven by drought and pandemic

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff With three weeks left in 2020, Maine’s annual wildfire total is the highest it has been in the past 35 years.

Once-dry Piscataquis River reaches flood stage in early week storm

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Barely two months after registering date records for lowest daily water flow in late September, the Piscataquis River was at flood stage on Tuesday afternoon.

County budgets will increase 6.5 percent

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Both the Piscataquis County and Unorganized Territory budgets will be up by 6.

Judge sets cash bail for Piscataquis County man accused of beating cat to death

By Nina Mahaleris, Bangor Daily News Staff, DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Piscataquis County man who allegedly beat his father’s cat to death with a frying pan was given a $5,000 cash bail or a $20,000 surety during his initial appearance in Piscataquis County Court Monday, Nov.

Piscataquis County man accused of killing father’s cat with frying pan on Thanksgiving

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Piscataquis County man released Wednesday, Nov.

Bangor educator and prosecutor killed in Waterville crash

By Eesha Pendharkar, Bangor Daily News Staff A longtime Bangor educator and prosecutor were remembered fondly Thursday as news circulated that they’d died in a car crash in Waterville a day earlier.

Maine dog on her way home after 10 months, 100 miles on the run

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Honey Bear is a survivor.

5 coronavirus cases reported among medical transport staff in Dexter

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Medical Transport has reported five coronavirus cases among staff at its Dexter location.

Other residents, staff at Mountain View test negative for COVID-19 after two positive employee tests

CHARLESTON — During the last two weeks, two employees of the Mountain View Correctional Facility (MVCF) have tested positive for COVID-19, the Maine Department of Corrections said in a Nov.

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