Community News
Message From The Chief
Dear Tribal citizens, I want to express sincere condolences to all those impacted by the senseless violence that occurred last evening in Lewiston. Our thoughts are with the victims, witnesses, their loved ones, the first responders and all who are working for a peaceful end to this horrific situation. Unfortunately, . . .
Wolfden Pickett Mountain Mine Public Hearing
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 . . .
Elver Permit Drawing
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] . . .
SENIOR MEALS THANKSGIVING BUFFET
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, . . .
ATTENTION HUNTERS:
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. . . .
Mattamiscontis Bridge Closure
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)
Attention Hunters:
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.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTIFICATION
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 . . .
AUGUST IS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH!
• 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 . . .
Notice to Indian Island Community:
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 . . .