Penobscot County News

Three people were taken to Penobscot Valley Hospital after an all-terrain vehicle left a dirt road off Madagascal Pond and went into a ditch late Saturday afternoon and a second ATV hit two others who had stopped to help the first ATV's driver.

Stables all over the state opened their barn doors to the public on Sunday. It was the first ever Maine Equestrian Open Barn Day, organized by the newspaper called The Horse's Maine .

BURLINGTON, Maine - An A.T.V. Crash in the Penobscot County town of Burlington sent three people to the hospital Saturday.

BANGOR, Maine - The Penobscot County Bar Association awarded its Law Day prizes Tuesday in a short ceremony at the Penobscot Judicial Center.

Less than three months after adding table games to its gambling mix, Hollywood Casino in Bangor is adding two more poker tables.

Carmel - Traffic is backed up on I-95 South in Carmel at mile marker 174 due to a bad accident.

In this file photo from 2010, evidence is stored by the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office in Bangor.

A woman whom federal officials blame for a security scare aboard a U.S.-bound jetliner has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, authorities in Maine said Wednesday.

Some local high school students have been thinking a lot about the law recently.

A Bradley man who was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday before a jury at the Penobscot Judicial Center pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful sexual contact instead.

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.

Gardening is hard work, no doubt about it. While the end result is beautiful, you might end up with more than pretty flowers or fresh vegetables to show for your trouble.

Voters will decide at a town meeting next month whether to retain East Millinocket police as the town's primary law enforcers, town Administrative Assistant Kathy Lee said.

With the Penobscot County Relay for Life now only hours away, hundreds of area residents are making their final preparations for the yearly event, aimed at raising money in the fight against cancer.

A Lincoln woman was charged with criminal trespass when police found her in the closet of an Enfield Road home after they responded to a reported burglary, officials said Thursday.

BANGOR, Maine - Three men arrested earlier this week remained jailed Wednesday at the Penobscot County Jail unable to post bail after making their first court appearances earlier in the day.

A Hermon Middle School employee was hit while walking on school property on Wednesday.

Brewer - Kids will be singing from the roof tops this weekend in Brewer. Middle and high school students from throughout Penobscot County will be performing the Broadway hit "Fiddler on the Roof." This is a unique performance though, because the production is entirely student run.

A 29-year-old man injured when his motorcycle veered suddenly off Long Ridge Road remained in serious condition Wednesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, a hospital spokesman said.

"[Lt. Wing] did a real good job to solve [the case of] that house that was broken into," Macdaid said.