By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Unionized workers in the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office are guaranteed larger raises for the next two years under new union contracts.

ABBOT  – Warden K9 Storm and Game Warden Chad Robertson located a missing 71-year-old man in Abbot on the evening of March 16, deep in the woods approximately 1.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The state’s plans to build storage buildings and make other changes at three ranger stations in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway has raised opposition from a group including guides led by the waterway’s former superintendent.

GREENVILLE — The number of visitors won’t be known for sure until the day of the event as those coming to the Moosehead Lake Region for the  total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 could total in the thousands or tens of thousands.

Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available for businesses and nonprofits from the U.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff GUILFORD — The vehicle of a Guilford Fire Department first responder was struck while officials were responding to a rollover crash in Abbot on March 7.

MILO — A vehicle that would have replaced a more than 40-year-old ladder truck in the Milo Fire Department fleet will not be coming to Maine, the Milo Select Board learned from Fire Chief Matt Demers during a meeting on Tuesday, March 5.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff SEBEC — A driver and passenger were killed Thursday morning, March 7 when two cars collided head-on in the Piscataquis County town of Sebec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same larger building has begun.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine Warden Nick Bartholomew told his story Tuesday for the first time after he went through the ice on his snowmobile last week while searching for an overdue snowmobiler on Moosehead Lake.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Warden Service retrieved a snowmobile from Moosehead Lake Saturday, March 2 that went through the ice last week while the warden riding it was searching for a man who was reported missing, according to a department spokesperson.

Photo courtesy of SeDoMoCha School A HEARTFELT THANK YOU — The SeDoMoCha School recognized two outstanding students for their heroic response to assist Library Services ed tech Amy Fagan-Cannon during an unfortunate ski incident.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff SANGERVILLE — Another illegal marijuana operation has been uncovered in Sangerville.

By Emmett Gardner, The Maine Monitor DOVER-FOXCROFT – The most common argument Dover-Foxcroft Select Board Chair Tom Lizotte hears for keeping the town’s defunct dam on the Piscataquis River is it’s always been there, for as long as residents can remember.

DOVER-FOXCROFT —  The 13th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby took place on Sebec Lake Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — At last month’s public forum the Mayo Mill Dam steering committee presented its recommendation  that  removing the dam and connecting facilities and building a riverfront park is in the town’s best interests moving forward.

GREENVILLE — Fundraising and grant opportunities are vital to equipping fire departments across Maine and the nation, and the Greenville Fire Department is no exception as the entity protects both the town and surrounding region.