Old Town News

GLENBURN, Maine -- Despite rain that fell heavily at times, an estimated 300 people took part in a balloon launch Friday evening in memory of 15-year-old Nichole Cable of Glenburn, whose body was found Monday, more than a week after she went missing.

Two news organizations on Thursday challenged a judge's decision to keep the public from learning the details of a case against a man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl.

It has been a difficult few weeks for the family of Nichole Cable, the missing teen from Glenburn whose body was found by the Maine Warden Service Monday night.

Jessica Brideau and Ashley Pattershall, friends of Nichole Cable, speak to media outside the Penobscot Judicial Center after the arraignment hearing of Kyle Dube on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

When 16-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook.

Maine law enforcement officials say they've likely found the remains of a 15-year-old Glenburn girl last seen more than a week ago.

Central High School Principal Garry Spencer has been placed on administrative leave with pay, according to RSU 64 Superintendent Daniel Higgins.

A team of searchers walks across a field in Hudson on Sunday looking for clues in the disappearance of Nichole Cable, 15, of Glenburn.

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.