By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A judge who presided over the Queen City’s most horrific murder trial and whose decision over a transgender student’s access to a school bathroom helped change the law stepped down last week after nearly three decades on the bench.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff A Madison woman died after icy roads caused a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95 in Waterville on Friday evening.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Next year’s Penobscot County budget will require towns and cities to contribute 8 percent more to county operations due to rising costs and the need to keep salaries and benefits competitive.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In an effort to help protect Sebec Lake from invasive plant species from boats that have been used in other bodies of water, the Sebec Lake Association wants to construct a wash station at Greeleys Landing to encourage boaters to clean their watercraft before getting in.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A longtime Penobscot County commissioner was unseated Tuesday, Nov.

By Samantha Hogan, Maine Monitor Maine’s top judge on Wednesday said the state’s justice system is failing people in the criminal and civil courts and implored lawyers to assist in the defense of the state’s poor.

MILO — The Milo Water District was fined $46,000 and will have to take corrective actions after the Maine Department of Environmental Protection discovered a number of discharge-related violations at its wastewater treatment facility.

A Superior Court justice has ordered Eastern Maine Railway to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to five Piscataquis County towns whose firefighters responded to fires beside the railroad tracks in May.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Garland man has been arrested on federal charges out of New York alleging that he was part of a conspiracy to buy guns in Maine and send them to the Dominican Republic.

GREENVILLE — An area resident donated a pair of 2012 Sea-Doo jet skis to Greenville for the police and fire departments to use for emergency calls on Moosehead Lake and other local waterways.

The Piscataquis County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2023 is on the Piscataquis County website for review at https://www.

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is seeking financial support from Piscataquis County to help maintain the trail and fund crew members who oversee popular spots like Gulf Hagas.

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A Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed in Orneville when it encountered a washout on the tracks long before daylight Wednesday, according to the Milo fire chief.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners rejected a proposal to bring broadband to residents, specifically those in unorganized territories, for the second time Tuesday.