Piscataquis Observer

Committee wants $1M cut from Penobscot County budget

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff An advisory committee on Thursday night, Dec. 11 approved a version of the 2026 ...
Engineering News-Record

New England Project of the Year: Team Delivers a Remote, Off-Grid Contact Station

Perched on a 23-acre site atop Lookout Mountain, the new Tekakapimək Contact Station invites visitors to explore the ...

Penobscot Theatre Company receives $50,000 grant for sound system upgrade

On Thursday, T-Mobile announced PTC as one of the latest recipients of a Hometown Grant. The theater is getting $50,000, the maximum individual grant amount, to upgrade its sound system. The end ...
Piscataquis Observer

‘A freight train ready to crash’: Inside Penobscot County’s $7M budget crisis

By Marie Weidmayer and Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County leaders neglected a budget crisis for years ...
The Harvard Crimson

Undergrad Researchers Find Harvard Owned, Sold Indigenous Land in Maine

Scholars have spent years studying Harvard’s colonial-era land holdings in New England. Now, undergraduate research on the ...