Extensive damage prevented investigators from determining a cause in the fire, which destroyed one building containing boats and equipment and damaged another.

Installed at the request of some Upper Main Street residents, the raised pavement has drawn opposition from others who say it damages vehicles and upsets traffic flow.

The adult male pit bull, which had been under Gary Merchant’s care on Moody’s Mills Road for about two months, attacked 7-year-old Hunter Bragg’s throat, according to the dog bite report.

A recent credit report listed Madison’s financial outlook as stable despite the loss of the town’s biggest taxpayer and attributed it to a proactive approach by town management.

The adult male pit bull, Dakota, had been at the property about two months, and the Penobscot County sheriff said his office still is investigating the dog’s history after an attack that killed 7-year-old Hunter Bragg.