3 years ago Bangor event on Sept. 11 will advise Mainers to prepare for natural disasters By David Marino Jr.
3 years ago Smith musical duo to perform at Sept. 9 Tea Talks By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — The last outdoor Tea Talks musical performance for the summer season will be held at Wayside Park on Thursday, Sept.
3 years ago Healthy Living for ME recognizes September as Pain Awareness Month Since 2001, the impact of pain on the nation’s wellness has been marked by Pain Awareness Month each September.
3 years ago Grant helps rural communities address vaccine hesitancy The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt across Maine communities, from the largest cities to the smallest rural towns.
3 years ago SAD 46 to require masking in classrooms DEXTER — On the eve of the first day of classes and less than a week after voting to make masks optional in the classroom, the SAD 46 school board altered its decision and will now require masks indoors.
3 years ago Northern Light Home Care & Hospice to expand to Piscataquis County Northern Light Home Care & Hospice has made a commitment to both Mayo and CA Dean hospitals to serve the patient population in Piscataquis County.
3 years ago Public forum to discuss Penobscot County Health Profile Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Community members from across Penobscot County will be given an opportunity to shape priorities for community health at a special forum aimed at providing input to the region’s public health and healthcare organizations.
3 years ago Gatherings 4 Main Street opens with community purpose By Beth Ranagan DEXTER — In 2019 Gatherings 4 Main Street, the site of Dexter’s Seventh Day Adventist Church, opened under the direction of Dawn Tritch, the then assistant minister.
3 years ago Penobscot County treasurer indicted on stalking and harassment charges By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Treasurer and former Bangor School Committee member John Hiatt was indicted Friday by the Penobscot County grand jury on charges related to his alleged harassment of a female friend.
3 years ago Overdose deaths continue to climb as text alert warns Penobscot County of local spike By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A text alert issued Thursday morning that was among the first of its kind warned that there had been a spike in drug overdoses in Penobscot County over the past 24 hours.
3 years ago Maine needs more than a foot of soaking rain to end drought By Alexander MacDougall, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff HOULTON — Some of Maine’s rivers have the lowest water levels they’ve seen in decades, and it would take more than a foot of rain to pull Maine out of the drought it has been in for the second straight summer.
3 years ago SAD 46 will support home repair group next summer DEXTER — The SAD 46 Board of Directors authorized Superintendent Kevin Jordan to enter into an agreement with Group Mission Trips — a non-profit, interdenominational Christian volunteer home-repair group — to host a summer workcamp again next summer.
3 years ago SAD 46 board votes for optional masking in classrooms DEXTER — SAD 46 will require masks or face shields in the schools only under certain circumstances guided by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s community transmission color code system.
3 years ago Piscataquis, Penobscot and Waldo counties are Maine’s current COVID-19 hot spots By Lia Russell Piscataquis, Penobscot and Waldo counties have had the highest rates of new coronavirus cases in recent weeks as the highly contagious delta variant has taken hold and the counties’ lower-than-average vaccination rates have persisted.
3 years ago Penobscot County considers mobile jail made from semi-trailers to ease inmate overcrowding By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is considering leasing a 50-bed mobile jail unit that would sit in the current jail’s parking lot to ease chronic overcrowding at the facility, which is licensed to hold 157 inmates.
3 years ago Maine housing market shows signs of cooling with July sales down 5 percent By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Existing home sales in Maine showed signs of cooling in July, even though sales outpaced pre-pandemic numbers, according to data from state and national real estate groups.
3 years ago Penobscot County Jail gets temporary license, and 90 days to address overcrowding By Sawyer Loftus, Penobscot Times Staff The Maine Department of Corrections has issued a conditional license that will allow the Penobscot County Jail to continue operating while it works over the next 90 days to address overcrowding at the Bangor facility.