Bucksport News

BELFAST : Raymond and Katrina Young announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayla Katrina Young, to Daniel J. Basnight Rego, son of Joseph Rego of Bucksport.

By COLIN POWELL Two major decisions loom over School Union 93 as the new year approaches.

A man driving down the River Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday noticed flames shooting into the air from the backside of a two-story white home and called emergency 911 for help.

A home along the River Road in Orrington was engulfed in flames early Friday morning.

This stunning, classic shingle-style New England residence was designed by renowned architect Fred Savage and is located within the desirable village of Northeast Harbor.

State revenues continue to fall below estimates, bolstering the position of the state Economic Forecasting Commission that it will be next year before there are solid signs of the economy recovering.

Keith Richards, Jr. , 16, of Garland adjusts his mask for his role as The Punisher at the eighth annual Fright at the Fort at Fort Knox in Prospect.

Small-business owners from the region gathered Saturday to discuss how rising insurance costs are hurting their businesses and to learn how proposed national health care programs would affect them.

Team three, also known as "Black Magic", including Rick Chase, David Tweedie, Kim Day as a "deceased" Jonathan Buck, Brian Maguire and Roger Lenor, compete in a coffin race at Bucksport's Ghostport on Sunday, Oct.

Emery Deabay, secretary of the United Steelworkers of Maine Local 1188, said he was worried when he heard Congress was looking into clean energy and climate change legislation.

Supporters of the repeal of gay marriage say their political signs are being stolen and vandalized in the greater Bangor area.

STOCKTON SPRINGS : It has been a while since I have had any news to report, so Ia ll try and make up for that today.

Artist Wayne Hall, who uses Orland's forests for much of his inspiration, earns Rockport art center honor Artist Wayne Hall in his Bucksport studio.

A home in Bucksport is a total loss after a fire tore through the structure this morning.

The Gilpin Railroad Incident are bringing Mainers - from The County to the coast - to their feet, as such events tend to do.

A home is considered a total loss but no one was injured after a fire consumed a house Wednesday morning off Millvale Road, according to a local official.

Fire crews were called to a house fire on Coleman Lane in Bucksport around 7 a.m. Wednesday.

THOMASTON : The annual meeting of the Maine Conference of The United Church of Christ started with a parade of ministers, lay delegates and parishioners holding prayer shawls to place at the platform for future delivery to Portland area hospitals and hospice facilities.

THE OVERALL NUMBER of allowances will be capped for six years and then gradually reduced by 10 percent by the end of 2018, making it increasingly expensive to pollute and forcing the dirtiest plants to improve or shut down.

A Bucksport man who sexually molested a girl repeatedly over several months was sentenced Friday to serve 17 years behind bars.