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PublishedMay 28, 2024
Defense attorneys, ACLU question whether new bail reviews for unrepresented defendants are working
Maine judges are holding weekly hearings for poor Mainers who can't find a court-appointed attorney. But in the last six months, the number of people waiting has grown from 100 to more than 630.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Gov. Mills formally requests federal disaster declaration for Maine’s December storm damage
Ten counties in central and western Maine sustained more than $20 million in public infrastructure damage when a powerful storm on Dec. 18 brought historic flooding and widespread power outages to the state.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2023
Canadian firm tries a second proposal for mining in northern Maine
The original rezoning plan submitted three years ago was withdrawn after state regulators said it lacked sufficient information on nearly five dozen subjects.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2023
Browntail moth threat eases in capital region, but remains a threat elsewhere in Maine
While the population explosion of browntail moths didn't happen as expected in 2022, experts say the threat posed by the invasive pest still exists and people should continue to take measures to destroy winter nests.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2022
Maine judge seeks to have sexual harassment lawsuit against him dismissed
The lawsuit was filed by a prosecutor and a drug treatment counselor who accused Penobscot County District Court Judge Charles Budd of harassing them at a conference in July.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2022
BMV revokes license for Penobscot County driver whose manslaughter conviction went unnoticed
The license suspension appears to relate to a 2019 fatal crash in Bangor, and is the first corrective action by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to close a gap in how it processes suspensions for the most serious driving-related crimes.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2022
Penobscot County sheriff’s deputy killed in snowmobile crash in Limestone
Staff Sgt. Bobbie Pelletier died Sunday, the sheriff's office said, but details about the circumstances were not released.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2022
Small town is against big quarry near Penobscot River
Many in Prospect are bitterly opposed to a Virginia-based mining company's plans to quarry granite on Heagan Mountain.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2021
Penobscot becomes latest Maine jail to limit new bookings because of COVID-19 outbreak
During the outbreak, law enforcement agencies are taking people they arrest to jails in Ellsworth, Belfast and Dover-Foxcroft.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2021
Woman arrested after bomb threats force evacuation of Pittsfield company, police say
An Etna woman called in two threats Thursday directed at Puritan Medical Products, disrupting manufacturing operations for a day, authorities say.
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