3 years ago Police still don’t know cause of death for man who went missing in LaGrange 6 months ago By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Investigators are still piecing together how a man who went missing in LaGrange in June died before a hunter found his body more than five months later on the day after Thanksgiving.
3 years ago Remains found of man who disappeared in LaGrange By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff LAGRANGE – The body of a man found several weeks ago has been identified as the person who has been missing from LaGrange for six months.
3 years ago Former Milo school official gets 3 years for sexually assaulting student A former school board member, teacher and coach from Milo will serve nine months and one day in prison for sex crimes involving a former student, according to the district attorney’s office.
3 years ago Dover-Foxcroft Select Board gives OK to demolish Lincoln Street property DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board authorized the demolition and removal of structures on the property at 72 Lincoln St.
3 years ago Maine’s overlooked counties urged to think big after hitting the stimulus jackpot By Josh Keefe, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County, Maine, and Stafford County, Virginia, are home to slightly more than 151,000 people.
3 years ago Sheriff’s office looking at patrol vehicle computers DOVER-FOXCROFT — A formal decision will be made after the bid process, but the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office may be equipping patrol vehicles with computers to enable tickets to be written electronically and for deputies to check information on site.
3 years ago Police: Dover-Foxcroft man found dead in house after standoff DOVER-FOXCROFT — A man who allegedly threatened his recently deceased son’s significant other with a firearm was found dead in his son’s residence following a six-hour standoff with police on Friday.
3 years ago State Police: Standoff in Dover-Foxcroft ends DOVER-FOXCROFT – A standoff between police and a barricaded subject in Dover-Foxcroft has ended, said Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
3 years ago Fire destroys two-story house in Garland GARLAND – A two-story house in Garland was left destroyed after a fire ripped through the wooden structure Thursday night.
3 years ago County officials expect $5.4M budget for 2022 DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscatquis County’s 2022 budget and 2022-23 unorganized territory budget are likely to increase by 5.
3 years ago Penobscot County had Maine’s highest crime rate last year By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The crime rate in Penobscot County was the highest in the state last year for the second year in a row, according to statistics released this week by the Maine Department of Public Safety.
3 years ago Penobscot County Jail can’t transfer inmates to state prisons because of continuing COVID outbreak By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A nearly two-month-old COVID-19 outbreak at the Penobscot County Jail is preventing nearly two dozen inmates from being transferred to state prisons so they can complete their sentences there.
3 years ago Dover-Foxcroft Select Board asks for detailed plan to mend Lincoln Street property DOVER-FOXCROFT — The incarcerated owner of the property at 72 Lincoln St.
3 years ago County officials hear study findings from group looking at inadequate communications system DOVER-FOXCROFT — The consulting group hired to study the communications needs for the county’s emergency responders presented its findings to the Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday.
3 years ago Hate crimes and human trafficking are on radar for Maine’s new U.S. attorney By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s new U.
3 years ago Maine man dies at Charleston prison By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A former Limerick man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for hitting a pedestrian on the Fourth of July in 2016 has died.
3 years ago MaineDOT plans repairs for East Main Street bridge in Dover-Foxcroft DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are expected to remove unstable pieces of concrete on a bridge along East Main Street in December, Town Manager Jack Clukey said during the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board meeting Monday.