Penobscot County News

Penobscot county sheriff's deputies are investigating an accident in Hermon that sent three people to the hospital.

There's a new mediator and a new set of pressure-inducing deadlines, but the people involved in a new effort to comply with a state education law and consolidate schools into one Regional School Unit of 27 ...

A local man who burglarized a restaurant and an Orrington home was sentenced Friday in Penobscot County Superior Court to eight years in prison with all but five years suspended.

Saturday's weather was perfect for exploring and, that just what many families did during the first ever Dexter Lakes day.

A community organization is gearing up to give assistance to former Red Shield employees... Dozens of laid-off workers at the Red shield plant in Old Town are in a holding pattern; waiting to hear when they ...

After years of discussion, people in Lincoln, Burlington, Chester and Mattamiscontis can now call 911 for emergency services.

Has Maine set a precedent on anti-war protests? Source: Portland Press Herald Author: Leigh Donaldson "In late April, six peace activists stood victorious in front of Maine's Penobscot County Superior Court.

Dennison won't give up to the county administrator a copy of the report completed June 20 by Penobscot County Sheriff's Detective Franklin Jennings.

Jack McKay, president of the Eastern Maine Labor Council, wants to see President Bush in black-and-white stripes and standing behind bars.

ROCKLAND : Sheriff Donna Dennison has a grip on the report completed by a Penobscot County sheriff's detective, who investigated conduct of off-duty deputies, who attended an August 2007 bachelor party at which ...

Two people were seriously injured and remain in the hospital after a stabbing incident early Sunday morning, Penobscot County Sheriff's Deputy Chief Troy Morton said Monday.

Penobscot County commissioners today will consider whether to pursue talks with Bangor Gas Co.

The 11th of a dozen defendants charged in connection with a cocaine distribution ring that stretched from Costa Rica to the Lincoln-Lee area pleaded not guilty to a drug conspiracy charge Wednesday in U.S. ...

More than a 100 Junior League of Bangor members, past and present, attended the reunion celebration at the Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono to mark an end of this illustrious organization in central ...

The case of Belfast and the big-box stores officially came to an end Tuesday when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a unanimous two-page ruling that the case is moot.

Continued problems with 911 systems, which have now spread to Penobscot County, are a good reason for FairPoint Communications to slow down its takeover of phone and Internet service in northern New England.

Technicians had the Emergency-911 system in Penobscot County back on line at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after four days of rerouting calls through the Maine State Police barracks in Orono.

A 34-year-old man charged with fatally shooting his wife as she hid under their bed in LaGrange is free after posting $100,000 bail.

Gov. John Baldacci says he remains confident FairPoint is up to the task of providing telephone service in Maine once initial glitches are overcome, but some state lawmakers already are planning a legislative ...

Problems at the Penobscot Regional Communications Center apparently have been resolved.