By David Marino Jr.

By David Marino Jr.

DEXTER — Recreational marijuana facilities, medical marijuana manufacturing facilities and medical marijuana caregiver retail stores are now authorized in Dexter, provided each establishment operates in compliance with all applicable state and local requirements.

By David Marino Jr.

The Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston has had a total of seven staff test positive for COVID-19 over the last 60  days, all of whom are now recovered.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department’s 1993 ladder truck has had a blown motor since early December and due to the age of the vehicle, a replacement is difficult to find and even more difficult to be warranted for an extended period of time.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After a delay due to a snowstorm last month, initial work will start soon on a feasibility study for a Piscataquis County public safety radio system.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-two people died in homicides in Maine in 2020, including three who were killed in a Washington County shooting spree.

Rangers advise ice fishermen to stay near the shore if they are heading out to fish this weekend T6 R11 WELS – Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry (DACF) Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) Rangers advise ice fishermen to stay near the shore if they are heading out to fish this weekend.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A LaGrange man charged with manslaughter due to a July 7 crash that killed the passenger in the SUV he was driving was ordered Dec.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Crime in Maine decreased in 2019 for the eighth straight year in nearly all categories, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety, which compiles statistics.

By David Marino Jr.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Usually the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office uses the money from returnable cans and bottles in the office to help fund the Drug Abuse Education Program.

By Charles Eichacker Bangor Daily News Staff A 70-year-old man incarcerated at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston was the state’s first inmate to die from the coronavirus, the Maine Department of Corrections announced Dec.

By Lindsay Putnam, Bangor Daily News Staff State police have charged a LaGrange man with manslaughter nearly six months after a July crash that killed the passenger in the SUV he was driving.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Courthouses around Maine are closing to the public several days a week through the month of January as coronavirus cases continue surging across the state.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff Six types of weather events that struck Maine in 2020 — drought, wildfires, storms, floods, warming oceans and rising sea levels — are expected to make return visits in the coming years as climate change continues to affect the state.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners voted on Dec.