Old Town News

The Old Town Fire and Rescue Department will earn $49,400 while Hampden's fire department will earn $38,000 through the Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.

Taking part in an American Friends Service committee work camp on Indian Island, Old Town, for eight weeks this summer are: left to right, Barbara Tresler, Barbara Peabody, Gerold Baumann of Switzerland, Gabriel Polchies, supervisor, Maria Esther Aguilera of Mexico, Joe Sapiel, Everett Nicola, and Charles Risbarg.

A Maine man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death is due in court.

This April, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection held the first public hearings on Juniper Ridge Landfill's operations since the site was originally licensed as a sludge dump for Georgia Pacific in 1993.

Nichole Cable is seen in an undated photo provided by the Penobscot County Sheriff s Department.

A local man is planning a motorcycle ride to raise money in hopes of building a permanent memorial to Nichole Cable in Glenburn.

Lily, a 5-year-old German shepherd, was found Saturday on Bennoch Road in Old Town, where her owners allegedly abandoned her.

Melissa McLaughlin of Brewer laughs with Old Town rescue personnel after she was removed from the waters of Pushaw Steam on Wednesday.

Seventh-grade students enrolled in the music appreciation class at Leonard Middle School in Old Town presented a fundraising check to the Shaw House in Bangor on May 31. After developing ideas for a song about homelessness, students passed their information along to John Bapst Memorial High School student Lily Muscatell, who composed and recorded a ... (more)

Charles "Charlie" Boardman Dolham Jr., was born Aug. 16, 1933. He died June 5, 2013 at Penobscot Bay Medical Center while surrounded by his loving family.

OLD TOWN, Maine -- After reading about the boy who was denied a school lunch at J.A. Leonard Middle School this week because his parent owed money on the account, two Mainers outside the school district decided to take action.

A second affidavit in the investigation of Nichole Cable's death released Thursday states that Kyle Dube - the 20-year-old Orono man charged with her murder - attempted to "kiss and grope" the 15-year-old the day before she died.

Elizabeth Ireland was angry after she learned that her 11-year-old son went hungry during lunch at J.A. Leonard Middle School on Monday because he was denied his hot lunch in the cafeteria.

It was April 2010 in Old Town.. There was a mob that had formed outside of the trailer..

Shilo Hodge, 32, who has a history of domestic violence arrests according to court listings printed in the Bangor Daily News, is facing a felony charge of domestic violence assault, according to Old Town police Capt.

The death of a 15-year-old Maine girl allegedly killed in a bizarre kidnapping plot involving a fake Facebook profile has prompted some of her classmates to scale back their social media use - or ditch it altogether.

A 15-year-old girl's death was a kidnapping gone wrong, according to the affidavit released late Wednesday after the Penobscot County grand jury indicted Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono on charges of murder and kidnapping.

This June 2012 photo provided by the Penobscot County Jail via Maine State Police shows Kyle Dube, of Orono, Maine.

A 15-year-old Maine girl who police say was killed by a young man is being laid to rest.

CHARLESTON, Maine -- Nate Hallowell attended school with Nichole Cable from the time he was 5 years old.