Waldo County Through the Eastern's Eye," a collection of photos taken 75 to 100 years ago in Waldo County, opened Thursday at the Allen and Sally Fernald Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and will run through Apr. 30. The exhibit shows a fraction of the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. collection owned by Penobscot Marine Museum. "It's the biggest single collection of photography that all goes together [in Maine] - apparently by a long shot," said Penobscot Marine Museum's photography archivist Kevin Johnson.
BANGOR - The Penobscot County budget committee Wednesday night approved a nearly $14.45 million budget for 2008, which is a 3.3 percent increase over this year's budget of just under $14 million. A public hearing on the budget was tentatively set for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Penobscot County Courthouse.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a yearlong series of stories that will follow Jessamine Logan, Pia Lenane and Brooke Barter, three recent college grads who have moved to Bangor, as they settle into their new home. Photographer Bridget Brown and reporter Kristen Andresen will share the women's stories online and in the pages of the Bangor Daily News in the coming months. For interviews, slide shows and other exclusive content, visit www.bangordailynews.com. Jessamine "Jessie" Logan stands near the kitchen sink in her Bangor apartment. As she fills a tub with cold water for apple- bobbing, she chats with Jonathan Miller, who drove up from Portland for the night. Outside, a few friends huddle on the porch, smoking cigarettes. Inside, the scent of rum-laced mulled cider, simmering on th...
MACHIAS, Maine -- The latest report by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows law enforcement agencies in Washington County had the state's best track record for solving crimes in 2010 while Penobscot County had the lowest rate of crime-solving success and Cumberland County had the second-worst. The state's 2010 analysis of annual Uniform Crime Reporting statistics shows 52.2 percent of the 740 crimes committed in Washington County were resolved in 2010. That compares with 24.2 percent of 4,797 crimes in Penobscot County, 25.3 percent of 8,054 crimes in Cumberland County, 26.6 percent of 897 crimes in Knox County and 26.9 percent of 5,030 crimes in York County.
CORINTH - Despite a recent tightening in regulations, the local all-terrain vehicle club is working hard to create a system that connects surrounding trails - while being respectful of landowners' wishes. If we don't, we aren't going to have any place to ride," Mclean Poulin, 29, of Corinth said Saturday. "That's the bottom line.
EDDINGTON - What began as a traffic stop on Route 9 Friday night resulted in the arrests of three people from East Machias on a variety of charges, several of them drug-related. The incident also involved a search for a suspect who ingested a potentially dangerous amount of cocaine and fled into the woods, said Deputy Daren Mason of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department, who is assigned to Eddington.
Four cases of chickenpox, or varicella, have been confirmed in young adults at an unspecified residential college in Penobscot County. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it is unknown whether the affected individuals were up to date on their varicella vaccines. Chickenpox is a highly infectious viral disease characterized by an itchy red skin rash with small, fluid-filled blisters. Other symptoms include a fever, cough, headache, abdominal distress and general discomfort.
BANGOR - Penobscot County Jail could once count on tens of thousands of dollars in revenues as it rented out bed space to other county jails short on room for inmates. Now, Penobscot County is shipping its excess inmates elsewhere and is feeling the financial pinch.
BANGOR, Maine -- The Rev. Robert Carlson was under investigation by the Maine State Police before he was found dead in the Penobscot River on Sunday, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The investigation started "last Thursday at the request of the Penobscot County District Attorney's Office," McCausland said late Monday afternoon. "State police began an investigation of Carlson and this was after the DA's office had received a letter.
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