Bucksport News

Steel Rail Express members guitarist Joel Watson, drummer Tim Woitowitz, singer Michael Ponder and guitarist Paul Vachon.

W hile most shoppers who head this far north do so in summer, there's plenty to explore among Maine's quieter villages in December, particularly if you enjoy long coastal drives and scenery.

Anchors Lee Nelson and Cindy Williams and their family have travelled all over Maine.

There will be fun, food and even a little frolic today at the 34th celebration of Orland River Day.

Two students from Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor are the recipients of this year's George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarships.

Bob Chasse, owner of Silveridge Farm in Bucksport, tastes one of his Brunswick variety strawberries while surveying his crop Tuesday afternoon.

There were clowns, bands, and the Keystone Kops, but what really got Lexi Leeman of Bucksport excited was the cars.

BLUE HILL : Tickets are now on sale for the 19th annual concert of a oeSounds Around Blue Hill,a Friday, July 3, at 7:30 p.m. at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill.

The steamer Belfast made history on the Bangor-to-Boston run with her sister ship Camden, a century ago.

Ah, band names. How does one decide on the name for your band? Should it have some special meaning? A hidden message? Should it be purposely tough-sounding, or should it just be funny and cool? The Bangor-based pop punk band A Good Night Sound Rush grappled with this decision just this week.

BUCKSPORT, Maine a ' A fire Friday night destroyed a mobile home on the Bucks Mills Road.

The only thing keeping John Richard Thomas in B.C. was his daughter, Leah. Even though he lost his now-teenage daughter in a custody hearing several years back, Thomas wanted to be close to his little girl.

WEST ROCKPORT : The team at MidCoast Family Dentistry is pleased to welcome Dr. Brian Brunacini to our practice.

Demand for services at food pantries goes up during summer months, when children are out of school.

They're grisly murders, chilling in their details and gruesome for the weapon of choice: an ax.

Lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $5.8 billion budget that imposes deep cuts throughout state government as Maine struggles to weather the global recession.

MIDCOAST : We are pleased to announce that Shirley Landmesser will be joining Midcoast Learning Center this summer to lead a chess camp for children ages 6 to 16.

ROCKLAND : Ships traveling between the mouth of Penobscot Bay and the port towns of Searsport, Bucksport and even Bangor often pass unnoticed by residents of the coastal communities that line the bay and river.

BUCKSPORT : Cameron Bonsey remembers getting anxious, sweaty and upset as he watched the "The Mist," the 2007 film adaptation of Stephen King's novella of the same name.

Solar panels atop the carriage house at Williams Pond Lodge Bed and Breakfast in Bucksport, Maine.