DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Friday night cooking fire left a two-story house in Dover-Foxcroft largely unaffected besides a damaged microwave and the lingering smell of smoke.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are monitoring and planning potential repairs for a piece of a bridge along East Main Street that appears to be crumbling.

HARMONY — Game wardens are offering a $3,000 reward to catch a poacher.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County is asking architectural firms for proposals to add about 100 beds to its existing jail on Hammond Street in Bangor, marking the county’s latest attempt to ease overcrowding at the 161-year-old facility that regularly exceeds its licensed capacity of 157 inmates.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A decade-plus disagreement over winter maintenance of the Blanchard Road in Shirley between the town and a resident will likely now be headed to court for a solution.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Tuesday, Nov.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff CORINNA — A fire department that serves Corinna and Exeter could receive as much as $1.

A former school board member from Milo who was a teacher and tennis coach at Penquis Valley High School was indicted Thursday, Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — New Picataquis County Emergency Mnagement Agency Director Jaeme Duggan has started her duties, as the Piscataquis County Commissioners learned more during an Oct.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County will set aside nearly $1 million next year to cover the cost of sending inmates to other jails when there’s no space for them at the chronically overcrowded jail in Bangor.

SANGERVILLE — A property maintenance ordinance town officials say will allow action to be taken against properties that are in violation of town standards was approved during a special town meeting on Oct.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Penobscot County Jail is closed to all but the most violent new arrestees due to a COVID-19 outbreak among inmates and staff.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The search continues for a 60-year-old man missing within a remote area of Baxter State Park.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A Portland man was rescued Oct.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners are awaiting more details on plans to upgrade the county’s public safety radio system.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly two dozen staff and inmates at the Penobscot County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, Sheriff Troy Morton said Tuesday.