Orrington News

"WHO CARES... Maybe it is newsworthy because she is from Hancock county and has all of her teeth and " Ellsworth New Year's baby turns "How many times are we going to have to read the BDN and listen to the same ...

A furnace malfunction is believed to have caused a New Year's Day fire that destroyed a mobile home on Russell Hill Road.

Oh, horrors! Mainer's film finds 1/3/09 5 comments Driving & old age With more than 110,000 elderly drivers, Maine contends with a delicate safety concern: When should they give up the keys? Glendon Rand, 80, ...

"sketchy." "sketchy." Tanker accident closes I-95 lanes A tow-truck driver with the Orrington-based Stewart's Wrecker Service works to hook up to a tractor-trailer that went off into the median from the ...

"While I'm glad for the arrests, realistically...what will these dealers get besides a slap on the " 2 men charged with selling drugs "This is bullshit,bailing out these rich @*&#^!s,would have loved to see ...

Fire at Verso mill shuts down paper production BUCKSPORT, Maine - A fire Sunday morning in the grinding room at Verso Paper Mill led to the evacuation of several employees and shut down production on one of the ...

Schools consider costs of not joining RSU 15 Penalty seeming - the lesser of two evils' for some BREWER, Maine - Officials say joining the proposed Regional School Unit 15 is going to cost more than state ...

A former owner of a Maine chemical plant is going to court to avoid removing 370,000 tons of mercury-laced soil, a project likely to cost more than $100 million.

"Another hate group forms in Orrington, wonderful! Jesus loves you unless you're different, what a " Group fighting same-sex marriage "Well, well, well, it figures, there is always a group of people who oppose ...

"Another hate group forms in Orrington, wonderful! Jesus loves you unless you're different, what a " Group fighting same-sex marriage "Well, well, well, it figures, there is always a group of people who oppose ...

"Another hate group forms in Orrington, wonderful! Jesus loves you unless you're different, what a " Group fighting same-sex marriage "Well, well, well, it figures, there is always a group of people who oppose ...

Ken Graves of Calvary Chapel invokes Scripture as he leads a meeting of conservative pastors at his Orrington church on Tuesday.

Schools across the state are still grappling with Maine's school consolidation plan... The state education commissioner is not rejecting a consolidation plan that calls for $2.7 million dollars in additional ...

Christmas shoppers hit Brewer craft sale BREWER, Maine - Shoppers of all ages could be seen milling around the United Maine Craftsmen sale held over the weekend at the Brewer Auditorium, purchasing items for ...

Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to hire Carl Young, the current town manager of Orrington, as tax assessor and code enforcement officer .

Orrington offers $2,700 for rogue bull meat ORRINGTON, Maine - Town officials have offered cattle farmer Herbert "Herbie" Henderson a compensation check for $2,700 for the meat of a renegade bull that was shot ...

Both the school and Calvary Chapel Christian Church have been participating in the program, which was founded by the Rev.

Braced for a feast of needs Region's food pantries see demand on the increase Melanie Bower and her father, Paul Hatch, both of Orrington, pick out donated turkeys Friday afternoon at Manna Inc.

The world's largest Christmas project is now underway. Yesterday was the kick off for National Shoebox Collection Week through Operation Christmas Child.

Two men allegedly robbed and assaulted three people at gunpoint on Saturday. 45-year-old Roger Cushman and 41-year-old Robert Taylor, both of Orrington, are charged with robbery, aggravated assault, and ...