2 years ago Milo sending out RFPs for public safety building MILO — The town of Milo will be sending out five requests for proposals to engineering/building firms for a design-build of the near $6.
2 years ago Piscataquis County may suddenly shift millions in federal aid to jail HVAC upgrades DOVER-FOXCROFT — With about $2.
2 years ago Contractors helped save people from burning building in Dover-Foxcroft DOVER-FOXCROFT — A three-unit apartment building and attached barn in Dover-Foxcroft were destroyed in a blaze Tuesday, and the town’s fire chief credited nearby contractors with saving the lives of a few residents.
2 years ago Milo officials authorized to operate while audit is being finished MILO — At last month’s annual town meeting many of the articles making up the warrant were not voted on by residents.
2 years ago Emergency order area announced as invasive emerald ash borer continues spread into central Maine AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service announced the expansion of its emergency order restricting the movement of ash trees, green ash waste, ash firewood, and any other materials that may be a means of emerald ash border transportation.
2 years ago Penobscot County hires lobbyist to push for new jail and deputies By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County has hired a lobbyist to work behind the scenes at the State House to push for state funding of a new jail and more deputies — services usually primarily funded by county governments — highlighting the challenges that the county views as most dire.
2 years ago Dirigo Search and Rescue team disbanding after 54 years By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff After 54 years in operation, an Orono-based search and rescue nonprofit organization will close at the end of November due its dwindling and aging membership.
2 years ago $6.8M Dover-Foxcroft budget to be brought to April 22 town meeting DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft residents will gather at 9 a.
2 years ago Burnes appointed as Dover-Foxcroft chief of police DOVER-FOXCROFT — After several weeks serving in an interim capacity, Sgt.
2 years ago 84-year-old faces felony charge after allegedly pointing gun at Milo police chief’s head MILO — An 84-year-old Milo man faces an attempted murder charge after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at the police chief’s head and threatening to kill him earlier this month.
2 years ago Piscataquis County to seek bids for roofing project in Guilford DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County’s commissioners agreed during a meeting Tuesday to seek bids for a roof repair project for the sheriff’s office patrol building in Guilford.
2 years ago Cleanup starts at Greenville fire station GREENVILLE — Before the Greenville fire station can be demolished and replaced with a new public safety building, the Minden Street structure needs to be cleared out.
2 years ago Milo schedules continuation of annual town meeting MILO — Many of the articles making up the warrant for the 2023 annual town meeting were not voted on by residents gathered in the Ed Wingler Auditorium upstairs at the Milo Town Hall on the evening of March 13.
2 years ago Warden trainees rescue stranded and separated adults and children on Moosehead Lake GREENVILLE — A couple and two children who became stranded out on the ice on Moosehead Lake during a severe winter storm were rescued late in the night on March 14 by a group of both Maine Game Warden and Passamaquoddy Game Warden trainees who were in the area.
2 years ago Englishmen whose drunken behavior caused plane to be diverted to Bangor sentenced to time served By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Englishmen whose rowdy, drunken behavior caused a plane to be diverted to Bangor International Airport on Jan.
2 years ago Missing Guilford woman found safe in Boston Police in Boston, Massachusetts, have located a Guilford woman missing from Maine since early March.
2 years ago Maine State Police want to kill a bill that would add more Penobscot County sheriff’s deputies By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine State Police is urging legislators in Augusta to kill two bills that would provide state funding for new patrol positions within the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.
2 years ago Masonic contributions fund AED for Dexter Fire Department Contributed photo MASONIC CONTRIBUTION — On March 6 Penobscot Masonic Lodge #39 of Dexter in association with the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation presented a check for $1,500 to the Dexter Fire Department.