DOVER-FOXCROFT — The hilly and mountainous geography of Piscataquis County provides much of the region’s natural beauty, but also creates communications issues for area fire and police departments and emergency medical personnel.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Unexpected costs for Dover-Foxcroft and other Piscataquis County communities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic will be covered in part through an approximate $255,000 grant awarded to the town through the Keep Maine Healthy COVID-19 Awareness Campaign.

BAXTER STATE PARK — A fifty-three year old Massachusetts woman was rescued by a Maine Army National Guard (MEARNG) Black Hawk helicopter Monday morning after suffering from medical issues that forced her to shelter in place Sunday night on the Hunt Trail.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A man who cut his neighbor’s garage in half with a Sawzall was on friendly terms with the man who built the structure — just not with everyone who lived on the property after he died.

Thanks to  to the generosity of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union, Piscataquis County officials will not need to take out a $145,000 bond for the purchase of the former Key Bank building at 2 Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to become the new home of the patrol and investigation divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office.

A $6 million bond issue to fund upgrades to equipment on towers that relay signals between emergency responders and the Penobscot County Communications Center was approved by voters Tuesday, July 14 according to county officials.

Maine jails recorded at least 837 private phone calls between attorneys and their incarcerated clients in the past 12 months, potentially violating state law in the process.

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LAGRANGE — A 35-year-old Penobscot County woman killed in an evening crash on July 7 in LaGrange has been identified.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners awarded bids for paving and road work projects on the Elliotsville Road during a July 7 meeting.

LAGRANGE — One person was killed in a Tuesday evening crash in LaGrange.

GUILFORD — Thanks to the generosity of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union, the patrol and investigation divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office will have a new home in downtown Guilford at the former Key Bank building.

A 31-year-old Maine woman was rescued by Baxter State Park and Maine Forest Rangers after suffering an unstable lower leg injury on the Knife Edge of Katahdin on July 3.

ATV owners must now register or renew registrations for 2020-21.

This holiday weekend, the Maine Warden Service will be active patrolling Maine waterways, keeping Maine boaters safe and enforcing Maine’s boating laws in order to raise awareness about operating under the influence, removing boaters who are operating impaired and ensuring that boats are registered and boaters are wearing life jackets.

MILO — When county residents head to the polls on Tuesday, July 14 they will be voting on a pair of state bond questions, political party primaries when applicable and a question concerning a bond to purchase the former Key Bank building in downtown Guilford to be the new home of the sheriff’s office patrol and investigation divisions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has created unexpected costs for Maine communities and businesses.

Penobscot County Commissioners will hold an in-person public hearing in Corinna at the end of month about the $6-million bond issue on the July 14 ballot.