By David Marino Jr.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A man convicted of murdering a stranger in the 1970s has died at a Maine prison.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County and Unorganized Territory budgets follow different timelines, with the county following a calendar year while the UT budget runs July 1-June 30.

By David Marino Jr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Long-standing problems with a home and attached barn at 72 Lincoln St.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s court system was ready to take one technological leap last year when COVID-19 hit and ground the wheels of justice to a halt.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA,– A group of Republicans in the Maine Legislature is backing a bill that would force media outlets to cover the outcomes of court proceedings or remove mugshots from articles in certain cases or face civil penalties.

By David Marino Jr.

EXETER — Two Michigan residents and two Exeter residents were arrested on March 4 by MDEA agents of the Bangor-based North Central Task Force.

By Judy Harrison and David Marino Jr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 10th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The state is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Bangor Daily News and other publications over delayed access to documents in the judicial branch’s new e-filing system.

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By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff There are 10,000 more criminal cases awaiting a resolution in Maine than there were a year ago, but the increase has been most pronounced in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine court system will make civil complaints available immediately through its new electronic case filing system beginning March 15 after being sued in federal court by the Bangor Daily News, a national legal news service and other Maine publications in a lawsuit over the accessibility to documents.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The Paris Select Board has passed a resolution opposing the statewide mandate for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act.

By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News Staff Six staff members at the Penobscot County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, though no inmates have tested positive so far, Sheriff Troy Morton said Tuesday.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff The use of an alternative sentencing program designed to keep Mainers out of jail has increased, but it still accounts for less than 5 percent of cases in the county that used it most often, according to a recent study.