Corinna News

Misty skies and wet, mushy fairgrounds did nothing to dampen the spirits of hundreds of people this weekend who attended Corinna Old Home Days, the third year of the celebration.

Corinna's third annual Old Home Days event is set for Thursday, June 26th through Sunday, June 29th.

Jorgen Bell of Hermon nuzzles his 8-month-old granddaughter, Rhiannon Cooney, as his daughter Lindsey Cooney looks on in the backyard of Cooney's Bangor home on Saturday, June 7, 2008.

A fire in Dexter Wednesday morning did a lot of damage to a barn and attached home... The call to Zions Hill Road came in around 7 am.

Web Editor: Kara Matuszewski 1 day ago When they got there, they found that a barn attached to the house was on fire.

BELFAST : Senior College's sixth annual Festival of Arts Gala was a four-day affair, Thursday, May 22, through Sunday, May 25, at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center.

A popular farmers market that debuted last summer at Pickering Square is set to return.

Chef Cesare Lanfranconi, who made magic in the kitchen at Tosca, now presides at Spezie. via Washington Times

“All we can do is offer it and make the information available”

Town officials and members of the local recycling committee, who held their first-ever Energy Forum Wednesday night, were surprised to see only a handful of residents attend. via Bangor Daily News

“It's the single most effective method of group decisionmaking ever devised”

Some families hike or collect beer cans together. For Corinna Fowler Mathews, the family hobby is a bit more esoteric - parliamentary rules of order. via Denver Post

“Since 1983, the state has spent a little over $21 million from bond issues and General Fund appropriations to clean up hazardous waste sites around the state”

One of the most polluted places in Maine is the former Callahan Mine Corp. site in Brooksville. via Bangor Daily News

Pine Tree Legal Assistance has been awarded a 3-year $300,000 grant for a foreclosure prevention program. via WVII

“Uh, oh. She's right in the sky. We've got a big one.”

St. Albans firefighters Chris Richards,left, and Arlo McDougal joined several dozen firefighters from nearby towns in dousing a recurrent fire that levelled part of a home and barn at the Simpson View Farm off ... via Bangor Daily News

“Uh, oh. She's right in the sky. We've got a big one.”

Firefighters from six communities twice fought flames at a Corinna dairy farm Wednesday after a morning fire reignited, destroying both a one-story home and an attached barn. via FireFightingNews.com

“Whether it was something else that we didn't find or I know that some of the power had gotten turned back on after we left, so maybe that had something to do with it, I'm not quite sure at this point.”

Firefighters were called twice on Wednesday to a house on Packard Road in Corinna. via WLBZ

“Twenty minutes, that's how long it took”

The Charleston Road home of Timothy Gustin burned to the ground Sunday afternoon in a blaze that reportedly began in an untended pan of grease on the kitchen range. via Bangor Daily News

Following are participating sugar houses in Waldo County: Isabella Faryn Cossar, 5, of Corinna, is fascinated with the process of making maple cotton candy at Kinney's Sugarhouse in Knox. via Village Soup

“I looked out the window and there they were, running”

Three times was not the charm Friday when two juveniles were apprehended just feet from where they escaped from the Newport District Court. via Bangor Daily News

“That night, you know you keep saying 'you're ok,'”

Operation Homefront's Maine Chapter is helping a military family in Corinna start over after losing their home in a fire. via WCSH-TV Portland

“Fire was rolling out of three sides”

Three area departments fought a house fire Sunday evening at 73 Dexter Road, but were unable to save the residence of the Cash family. via Bangor Daily News