Piscataquis County News

State Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman announced the preliminary unemployment rate for Maine was 8.2 percent in October, down slightly from a revised rate of 8.5 percent in September and up from 5.7 percent in October 2008.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension supporters turned out in force at a public hearing Monday to express opposition to a proposed county budget cut of $25,850 for the agency.

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci joined representatives of the Appalachian Mountain Club, The Nature Conservancy and others today to celebrate an important next step in building a Maine Woods Legacy.

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After having successfully sued Hancock County over the county's practice of charging $1.50 per page for electronic copies of documents filed in its Registry of Deeds, a Cumberland company is turning its sights on the rest of Maine.

In a Freedom of Access Act request dated Sept. 25, MacImage of Maine requested "access to inspect and copy all land records available on the Registry website," including indexing data and all scanned documents and plans.

A Sebec man who bilked an 82-year-old blind man out of more than $10,000 pleaded guilty Monday to theft by unauthorized taking.

The $37 million Penobscot Judicial Center, set to open Nov. 23, came in ahead of schedule and under budget.

The people in a school district in Piscataquis county have taken the unusual step of voting to close two schools.

The Maine Warden Service says it has located an 81-year-old Sangerville man who went missing overnight.

Ken Beach, a year-round Whetstone Pond resident in Abbot, talks with Donna Moreland Fichtner, a member of the Piscataquis County Tourism Initiative Subcommittee, at the dedication and unveiling Monday of the new Appalachian Trailhead sign off Route 15 in Monson.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Maine DHHS has determined H1N1 influenza to be widespread in the state.

Four men were rescued from Moosehead Lake on Tuesday morning after the pontoon boat they were traveling in capsized.

According to data from the Maine Real Estate Information System Inc., the number of homes sold in Knox County from July 1 through Sept.

The unemployment rate for Knox County in September was at 7 percent, the same rate as in August.

Maine State Police believe the two Millinocket men they arrested Monday night for burglary of a camp on Mattaseunk Lake in Molunkus Township in Aroostook County committed more than 30 other camp break-ins in a four-county area.

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A Bowerbank man who left his home Thursday to search for his dog and spent the night in the forest after becoming disoriented returned home safely Friday.

A Florida woman who was sexually assaulted by her father from the ages of 5 to 13 said she was alarmed her father allegedly had victimized more young girls in Maine.

A Greenville businessman is facing gross sexual assault charges, after police arrested him Tuesday in a sting operation in Dover-Foxcroft. Authorities say 67 year old Donald Denbow of Shirley owns a barbershop and hired a 14 year old girl to work for him.