Old Town News

A number of law enforcement agencies inside and outside Maine are working on the case of a missing 15-year-old girl from Glenburn.

After more than three decades teaching students the ins and outs of science, math, English and how to act in the classroom, Cheryl Pelletier will reign over her class for the last time on June 12 when Adams School dismisses its students for the school year.

A former substitute teacher pleaded guilty Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to misdemeanor charges in connection with inappropriate behavior with four students at schools in Bangor and Old Town.

An Old Town woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend amid a domestic dispute Sunday afternoon is facing multiple charges, police said.

Old Town police Captain Kyle Smart said the man, whose name he did not disclose, walked into the Mobil On the Run convenience store on Stillwater Avenue shortly after 6 a.m. Monday covered in blood.

Matt Johnston of Deham aka Matthaus Kettner, his SCA name, poses in his 1520s Bavarian dress.

And, in celebration of Maine's leisure travel heritage, the auction will also include 5 boats, 4 classic automobiles, and an airplane.

Orono police Sgt. Scott Wilcox said Wednesday that officers were sent to the area of 161 Forest Ave.

An organ concert will be performed by Ray Cornils at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, on the tracker action pipe organ at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Calais.

Bail was set Monday for two men from the Old Town area accused of breaking into the Penobscot Indian Nation's health center late last week in search of prescription drugs.

Beverly Jean "Bev" Damien, 81, of Old Town, Maine, formerly of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013.

One of two men charged with holding up a Veazie convenience store at gunpoint and committing a home invasion last year was sentenced Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to eight years in prison with all but three suspended.

A Brewer man is facing several charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Old Town that ended in a crash early Saturday morning.

Skybox tickets to a UMaine hockey game, a work party by Old Town Rotarians, a family membership to the Old Town-Orono YMCA and a two-day bounce house rental are just a few of the items that will be up for bid at the Old Town Rotary Club's seventh annual charity auction at 6 p.m.Thursday, May 2, at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

An Old Town man who attends the University of Maine suffered significant injuries Sunday afternoon when he fell while rock climbing on the eastern face of Champlain Mountain, according to a park ranger.

R.F. Jordan & Sons Construction Inc. of Ellsworth was awarded the 2013 Build Maine Award during a meeting on April 10 of the Maine Associated General Contractors of America in Augusta.

At least eight grass and brush fires Monday kept crews from the Maine Forest Service and local fire departments on their toes.

The Friday night alarm that brought fire and ambulance crews to the University of Maine's Hilltop Commons was set off by a faulty exterior light, according and Orono fire Lt.

Firefighters from Orono, Old Town and Veazie have been sent to the University of Maine campus for a report of a roof fire, a dispatcher from the Penobscot Regional Communications Center has confirmed.