Lincoln, Millinocket, Penobscot County, Maine News

Authorities charge man with Medway arson

MEDWAY, Maine - Authorities charged a local man Friday with arson in connection with the latest of what police describe as four intentionally set fires in town. The man is the latest of seven arson … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 1344 views

Worn Medway fire tankers fading fast

MEDWAY, Maine — Fire Chief John Lee knows that his department’s trucks are as well-maintained as his firefighters can make them, but someday soon, two tankers won’t be able to answer any more … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 379 views

State probes fourth arson in Medway

MEDWAY, Maine — State investigators are probing whether an arson that destroyed an abandoned house on Pattagumpus Road early Thursday is connected to at least three other fires in town that they … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 1417 views

County panel OKs $14.8M budget for ’10

BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County budget committee Wednesday night approved a $14.8 million budget for 2010, which is about $400,000 more than last year’s budget of $14.41 million. more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 690 views

Senior housing the last piece to revitalized downtown Lincoln

LINCOLN, Maine — In 2002, with about a quarter of downtown devastated by two back-to-back arsons, a group of 10 town leaders, businessmen and residents got together and imagined what a new downtown would be like, Town Manager Lisa Goodwin said Wednesday. more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 320 views

Cameras to start recording downtown Lincoln

LINCOLN, Maine — Downtown merchants, residents and visitors will benefit from the additional security provided by the town’s new but long-delayed security video camera system in time for the Christmas holidays, Town Manager Lisa Goodwin said Wednesday. more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 433 views

Crews remove soil from contaminated crash site

TOWNSHIP 1 RANGE 6, Maine — The third day of cleanup of a chemical spill caused when an allegedly drunken Tennessee truck driver rolled over his rig on Interstate 95 late Sunday went well, but cleanup crews likely will work until at least Friday to finish the job, a state official said Wednesday. more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 1024 views

Action on climate bill demanded

BREWER, Maine — Representatives of several conservation and sporting organizations, as well as the Penobscot Indian Nation, gathered Wednesday morning to send their own message on climate change legislation they say has languished in the U.S. Senate after being passed by the House of Representatives in June. more

By John Holyoke
BDN Staff | 11/19/09 | 995 views

State probes Medway blazes

MEDWAY, Maine — Firefighters were called Sunday night to two adjacent fires, one of which gutted an abandoned home, and a state investigator said Monday they are being investigated. more

By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 11/17/09 | 793 views

Chemical spill in truck crash shuts highway

MEDWAY, Maine — An allegedly drunken Tennessee truck driver, heading to Bucksport to deliver chemicals used in papermaking, missed his turn on Interstate 95 by nearly 75 miles Sunday night and then crashed his big rig spilling most of the chemicals he was carrying, officials said. more

By Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff | 11/17/09 | 4719 views