Presque Isle News

Geoff King downplays the music he composed for "Almost, Maine," a play that will be staged this weekend at Pine-Richland High School.

A 17-year-old from Mars Hill has been arrested and charged with several crimes stemming from a series of car burglaries and a home invasion earlier in the week.

GREENWOOD, Maine a ' A volunteer firefighter has been charged with arson in connection with overnight fires that destroyed two vacant houses in western Maine.

Investigators from the Maine State Fire Marshal's Office have determined the large fire at the Northeast Packaging Company storage facility on Rice Street, in Presque Isle to be arson.

Firefighters from six communities were on the scene of a major warehouse fire on Rice Street, a side street off this community's main street, for more than 13 hours this weekend.

Two University of Maine Presque Isle runners will be leaving for Washington State next week and the NAIA National Championships.

MacKay was part of Giles' effort to preserve the veterans' history of World War II.

The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the origin of a fire Sunday that heavily damaged the former McCain processing plant on Main Street.

The Downeast School of Massage held commencement exercises for 8 new massage therapists from the 44th graduation class and approximately 100 guests on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the school in Waldoboro.

A 2008 University of Maine at Presque Isle graduate is headed to Uganda to discuss a study he completed this summer that concluded spending money on family planning, rather than on more conventional green technologies, would be more cost-effective in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions.

Although disappointed by the City Council's decision, City Manager Tom Stevens said late last week he would not pursue any further legal avenues to request that the council reconsider recruiting a new city manager.

Leaders of Maine's public higher education institutions are warning that the proposed cuts in state aid as the result of lower state revenues will result in layoffs and fewer students over the next two years.

In small numbers but with a strong voice, MoveOn members at a gathering in the city Wednesday afternoon stressed that U.S. Sen.

Presque Isle Police have charged a Northern Maine Community College student with two counts of terrorizing for allegedly making two bomb threats.

A 31-year-old California man was arrested in the parking lot of a Presque Isle bar on Thursday and hit with a felony charge of selling methamphetamine.

Ora Bates is prepared for her close-up as part of the "Casting Call for Future Faces of Maine" by her mother Nicole Bates of Glenburn and her grandmother Mary Beth Morris on Saturday at the Bangor Mall.

MAPLETON, Maine a ' A local woman played a key role in apprehending an intruder who broke into her home Monday evening.

A 29-year-old Caswell man has been charged in connection with two bomb threats this month at Northern Maine Community College.

Rev. David Ferrell of the Calvary Tabernacle Pentecostal Church was in Washington on Thursday to read the prayer that officially opened the session of the United States House of Representatives.

A discount, full-service clothing store chain that targets rural, under-served areas found an almost perfect location for its next outlet on West Broadway, one of its principals said Thursday.