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Penobscot, Maine is located in Hancock County. Zip codes in Penobscot, ME include 04476. The median home price in Penobscot is $249,000. More Penobscot information.

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17 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

Edinburg man shot by state trooper takes stand in criminal threatening trial

The Edinburg man shot last summer by a Maine State Trooper while allegedly wielding a knife took the stand on Tuesday and told the jury that he didn't recall much about that sunny August day.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Police stop distressed dad from jumping off Penobscot Narrows Bridge on Father's Day

The 43-year-old Hancock County resident, whom police did not name, climbed over the safety railing at about 12:45 p.m., according to Sgt.

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Bangor Daily News

The speech that controls Maine's landfill regulations

This April, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection held the first public hearings on Juniper Ridge Landfill's operations since the site was originally licensed as a sludge dump for Georgia Pacific in 1993.

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The Harbor Times Soup

Belfast: A Changing City

Belfast has been a city of newcomers since its beginning. However, my paper will be focusing on the changes brought to Belfast starting after 1960.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Supreme court hears case against Presque Isle nursing home

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court this week heard an appeal brought by representatives of the estate of a Fort Fairfield woman against the nursing home that they believe was negligent in caring for her prior to her death.

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Bangor Daily News

Scams targeting elderly on the rise

The call to a woman in eastern Maine last Thursday sounded legitimate. The caller claimed to be with the Eastern Area Agency on Aging and inquired about the woman's arthritis.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Weekly Packet

Legislative redistricting draws new lines for some Peninsula residents

While you might not feel as if you have moved, if you live in Brooklin, Penobscot or Isle au Haut you have.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Weekly Packet

Windward Passage offers sailing adventures

Windward Passage offers middle and high school students affordable opportunities to sail on a traditional vessel.

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Weekly Packet

Blue Hill Harbor School graduates two in Class of 2013

Sasha Eaton of Penobscot and Kyle Chick of Blue Hill will never have to go to high school again-unless they want to.

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Weekly Packet

Training burn in Brooksville gives new recruits hands-on experience

Firefighters from Brooklin, Brooksville, Bucksport, Deer Isle, Orland, Penobscot and Surry participated in a controlled practice burn on the Bagaduce Road in Brooksville on Sunday, June 9. The home, donated by Oliver Carr, served as a Class A training burn for approximately 20 new recruits.

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Bangor Daily News

Penobscot salmon returns reach 200

After a gloomy week of wet weather, the email I received from Mitch Simpson certainly brightened up my Thursday.

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Bangor Daily News

Historic Bangor Auditorium seats go on sale later this month for $25 a pair

Organizers of the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame will sell off pairs of seats from the storied Bangor Auditorium beginning later this month.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

Kennebec Journal

High court hears appeal of transgender teen

Nicole Maines, who was born biologically male but has always considered herself a girl, said she hopes no other transgender person ever has to go through what she went through in the fifth grade, when she was banned from using the girls' bathroom at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono and bullied for her sexual identity.

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Bangor Daily News

House, Senate approve law to deregulate small-scale raw milk production

The House of Representatives has given final approval to a bill that would deregulate the production and sale of raw milk and raw milk products, leaving only a routine Senate vote on the bill before it heads to the governor to be signed into law.

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Bangor Daily News

Four Maine tribes receive affordable housing grants

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday that $563 million has been awarded to 35 American Indian tribes across the country.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Bangor Daily News

Mass. man disputes fine for illegal elver fishing before supreme court

Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court were asked Tuesday to determine whether a judge was required to impose a $2,000 fine or had the discretion to impose a lesser fine on a man convicted of fishing for elvers without a license in Hancock County during the 2012 season.

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Bangor Daily News

Stricter mining standards needed to protect environment

I was proud to sponsor a measure that would protect Maine's water quality from metal mining pollution and even prouder when it recently won overwhelming bipartisan support in the Maine House of Representatives.

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Bangor Daily News

Far better than LePage's budget

Senator Edward Youngblood listens to Penobscot residents' concerns about the proposed state budget along with his fellow state legislators during a town hall meeting at the Brewer auditorium on Thursday, March 7. After months of calculations and negotiations, and a final push that saw lawmakers staying up for more than 40 hours straight, the Maine ... (more)

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Sun Journal

Reading replaced school for Longley Bridge builder

Fred Callahan of Auburn, along with his brother Dan, built scores of bridges throughout Maine, including the James B. Longley Memorial Bridge, background, that connects downtown Lewiston with Auburn.

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

Herald Gazette

Life of a Lighthouse Keeper lecture at Penobscot Marine Museum

Ernie DeRaps, lighthouse keeper at four Maine lighthouses, will present a slide show illustrating the life of a lighthouse keeper.

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