1 year ago Milford man drowns after breaking through ice INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A Milford Man drowned on Dec.
1 year ago Ceremony to honor Maine State Police Corp. Wing on Dec. 14 MONSON — The Maine State Police will be honoring Corp.
1 year ago Penobscot County proposes a $2.3M budget increase By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County is proposing a budget increase of about $2.
1 year ago Ridge View Community School evacuated over bomb threat DEXTER — The Ridge View Community School was evacuated Thursday, Nov.
1 year ago Nominations sought for Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Maine Guide Award Registered Maine Guides are experienced and passionate outdoors men and women and each year the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recognizes a member of the guiding community with the Wilmot (Wiggie) Robinson Legendary Guide Award.
1 year ago Driver seriously injured in tractor-trailer crash in Dover-Foxcroft By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT – A driver was seriously injured Nov.
1 year ago Jeep rear-ends horse-drawn carriage in Exeter By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Thomaston man was arrested Thursday, Nov.
1 year ago Man accused of assaulting Waterville police officer arrested in Greenville By WGME A Maine man who allegedly assaulted an officer in Waterville and then drove off in a stolen vehicle has been arrested in Greenville.
1 year ago Some Maine prosecutors stop using a terrorizing law that’s likely unconstitutional By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A Maine law that prohibits making certain types of threatening statements is likely unconstitutional following a U.
1 year ago Commissioners award bid for dispatch center relocation DOVER–FOXCROFT — After opting to table a decision on a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford, the Piscataquis County Commissioners opted to go with the low bid of three during a meeting on Nov.
1 year ago Dover-Foxcroft police officer’s home destroyed in fire DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Bear Hill Road home belonging to a Dover-Foxcroft police officer and family was destroyed by a fire on Sunday, Nov.
1 year ago Former Bangor man sentenced in northern Maine drug conspiracy By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times BANGOR — A former Bangor man was sentenced in U.
1 year ago Special town meeting for Greenville housing district set for Dec. 6 GREENVILLE — A special town meeting concerning a proposed multigenerational housing district on Spruce Street will be held at 6 p.
1 year ago Milo Fire Department looking to replace ladder truck MILO — A more than 40-year-old Milo Fire Department ladder truck is in need of replacement.
1 year ago Chinese marijuana grows dot rural Maine. Police have barely begun rooting them out. By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff CARMEL — A former chicken barn near a few homes at an intersection in this small town off Interstate 95 looks nondescript until you take a closer look.
1 year ago Artificial intelligence will soon answer non-emergency calls in Penobscot County By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff When someone calls the Penobscot Regional Communications Center’s non-emergency number, the line will soon be answered by artificial intelligence.
1 year ago Golden announces $1.2 M for rural law enforcement hiring, school safety projects WASHINGTON, D.
1 year ago Commissioners looking at bids for dispatch center location DOVER-FOXCROFT — Twice last year the Piscataquis County Commissioners put out to bid a project to relocate the dispatch center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford.