Community News

The Wolfden Pickett Mountain Mine Public Hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2023, at the Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor, ME NRCM will be holding a rally beginning at 5:15 in the hour preceding the public hearing. We encourage tribal members to attend the . . .

The Department of Natural Resources will be having an Elver Permit drawing February 1st, 2024 @ 11:00 A.M. at the Nicholas Sapiel Building. This will be for (1) one permit. In order to be eligible for the drawing, email or call with your name and phone number. Faye Lawson: [email protected] . . .

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8thSign-up sheet will be at kitchen, and will have sheet at kitchen starting October 20th, and the deadline to sign up will be November 3rd, for either a take home meal or eat in dining. Serving from 11am until noon time. Menu Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, squash, . . .

We understand the difficulties that come with us asking for you to collect biological samples from your harvested moose.  We are going to provide a little incentive.  We are going to award $250 gift card to the Old Town Trading post to one random hunter that submits samples to us.  . . .

Sam Ayer’s bridge is closed to all traffic.  You can still access that small portion of Mattamiscontis (Mike Bear Road, Bog Road and Access Road) from the IP road (the “old way in” to Mattamiscontis)

We are no longer using Smith’s General store for a tagging station. We have replaced with:  Swan’s Custom Meat Cutting in Springfield.  The address is 55 Homestead Lane Springfield, ME. 04487 207-290-0368 If you have any questions please call: Faye Lawson 207-817-7331 Department of Natural Resources.

With the approaching storm Hurricane Lee, the Penobscot Nation Emergency Management Program PNEMP, would like all citizens to be aware of the latest information and informational tips as the storm prepares to make landfall sometime on Saturday September 16th. The PNEMP, remains in constant contact with the Federal Emergency Management . . .

• CURRENTLY 60 TRIBES HA VE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAMS• FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-$51 MILLION WAS COLLECTED BY TRIBAL CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAMS• TRIBAL CHILD SUPPORT SETS AND ENFORCES ORDERS,LOCATES PARENTS AND CAN ESTABLISH PATERNITY THE PENOBSCOT NATION CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY IS LOCATED AT 2 DOWN STREET, INDIAN ISLAND, ME 04468PHONE#: AWENDELA . . .

Re: Broadband Internet Bulk Purchase Service agreement with Spectrum, Inc The start of the Penobscot Nation- Spectrum Bulk Purchase agreement has been moved forward to September 21, 2023. We apologize for the delay, Spectrum required more time to work out their full mapping of all Island addresses for the pending . . .

AUGUST 4 -5, 2023SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 20237:00 AM Sacred Fire Boat LandingPOSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER 11:00 AM Opening Ceremony for New Admin Bldg. Old Building Parking Lot3:30 PM Health & Safety Walk Police Dept.(Community meal to follow)5:00 PM Drumming & Dancing Social Ballfield6:00 – 9:00 PM Street Dance . . .