Penobscot News

AUGUSTA After a brief debate Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to sustain a Gov.

At their meeting Tuesday, May 22, Penobscot selectmen discussed progress toward building a parking lot on land between the school and the fire station.

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Since the Maine Department of Health and Human Services filed a court motion April 6 to close Penobscot Nursing Home and sell its bed rights to First Atlantic Corporation , dozens of legal briefs have been filed from entities on all sides of the issue.

Mitch Simpson of the Department of Marine Resources' Bureau of Sea-Run Fisheries and Habitat checked in on Wednesday with his weekly report on activity at the Veazie Dam fish trap on the Penobscot River.

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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 ... (more)

Jody Norton stepped in as chairman in the absence of Chairman Jerry Markley; member Jennifer Pert was also absent.

Lee Francis and her sons, Hayna and Benji , who is the basis for Kunu in Francis' first children's book "Kunu's Basket." For Lee DeCora Francis - a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation and a native studies teacher at Indian Island School - a basket is one of life's early lessons in patience and perseverance and a cultural tradition to be ... (more)

PENOBSCOT, Maine -- Gordon Collins-Faunce was charged with elevated aggravated assault after being arrested for allegedly picking up his ten month old son, Ethan Henderson, by the head and throwing him into a chair.

A man from Penobscot is in the hospital after his ATV rolled over and landed on top of him.

Spring time means stretching the legs, getting outdoors and smelling the earth-whether you're a two-legged or four-legged creature.

The core members of the group are responsible for drafting the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance and its successful passage in the towns of Blue Hill, Sedgwick and Penobscot in 2011.

The sightseeing tower that's part of the cable-stay bridge between Prospect and Verona Island opened for its sixth season Thursday.