Brownville News

Brownville Elementary School pupils spent an afternoon recently learning about the history in their backyard.

A local man who has donated many volunteer hours to schoolchildren to ensure that the history of the community and region never fades from memory gave Brownville Elementary School pupils a gift Thursday.

Faced with low water pressure and the associated risk of contamination from the old water lines in the Junction, Brownville residents voted 33 to 10 Wednesday to borrow up to $450,000 for improvements to the town-owned water system.

Master Masons throughout Piscataquis County joined the public Saturday to celebrate the life of Moses Greenleaf - Maine's first mapmaker, an author, justice of the peace and pioneer - on the 175th anniversary of his death.

BROWNVILLE, Maine a ' An education technician at Penquis Valley High School in Milo was charged earlier this week with furnishing liquor to a minor.

BROWNVILLE, Maine a ' A hobo from California who police say was planning to jump onto a train in Brownville was charged Thursday with trespassing on railroad property.

Thieves stole a new $4,400 dock Wednesday from an Ebeemee Pond camp owner. Ruth Witham, who owns the dock, has offered a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or people who took the vinyl and aluminum dock, which was on wheels.

The idea of charging people for being rescued in the woods seems to be gaining popularity.

A man is in jail after holding police at bay for 9 hours. Milo Police received a call shortly after midnight that 37-year-old David Krueger was threatening to kill himself inside his Riverside Street home.

TOWNSHIP 6 RANGE 9, Maine - A 15-year-old Massachusetts girl had to be rescued while hiking the Appalachian Trail near Gulf Hagas on Monday after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting.

Bangor Fire Department first responders observe Dean Rouse of Brownville as he stands next to his 2008 Suzuki after laying down his bike Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Ohio Street and Griffin Road to avoid a crash.