Orland News

There were no injuries after a propane tank and an oxygen tank exploded in Orland on Thursday afternoon.

The price of electricity just went up for Bangor Hydro-Electric's 115,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties.

The Bass Are Biting If you prefer fishing that is characterized by lots of "catching," this is the time for you.

Marcia Barker, a land speed race car driver, is shown with the 1976 modified Corvette she races.

BUCKSPORT : The annual, free, fun-filled Downeast Center Ring Circus Band Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 11, at the Bucksport Middle School, at the end of Miles Lane.

Washington Hancock Community Agency recently welcomed two new members to its board of directors: Cindi Kimball of Orland and Barbara Arter of Steuben.

WALDO COUNTY : With five of the six towns in House District 41 reporting election results Tuesday night, the race between the Republican primary candidates was too close to call.

ROCKLAND : The Maine School Administrative District 5 School Board convened in a special meeting Wednesday to vote on hiring a new superintendent.

' A former deputy commissioner of the state education department, who has also served as superintendent for four school districts over her career, will be the new superintendent for School Administrative ...

School Superintendent Judy Lucarelli officially resigned from her post June 5. She will move on to a position as superintendent of MSAD 5, which includes Rockland, South Thomaston and Owls Head, in July.

Orland Market proprietor Kim Smith and family members serve up barbecue every other Thursday from mid-April through mid-October.-STAFF PHOTO BY HEATHER STEEVES Falling-off-the-bone pork ribs.

All Hancock County voters going to the polls on June 10 can cast a vote on a statewide referendum proposing a nearly $30-million bond issue for natural resources, agricultural and transportation infrastructure.

A man was ordered Thursday to serve 15 months in prison in connection with a drunk driving accident, which claimed the life of another man.

Historian and Civil War buff George Sawyer is on a mission to make sure no local hero goes unsung.

A man from Castine will spend a year and a half in jail for his role in a fatal crash in Orland... 30-year-old Scott Ring pled no contest to aggravated criminal O.U.I. charges.

Rose Upton, a 13-year-old from Orland, sang at the first annual "Your Keys to Fashion" show Saturday at the Bucksport Performing Arts Center.

“I know a lot of people have disagreed about where it's going to go”

The votes are in, and the future veterans memorial is likely heading for the waterfront. via Ellsworth American

“I know him and believe he'll be a good fit for the department”

CAMDEN : By a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Camden Select Board appointed Chris Farley of Orland as the new fire chief. via Village Soup

“The only reason those fish are there is because we stocked them there. There were no salmon in that river.”

There are about 50,000 more salmon in the Pleasant River this week thanks to the annual stocking effort of the Downeast Salmon Federation. via Bangor Daily News

“We're dealing from a good place”

The annual ritual of burning blueberry fields has been in full swing in recent weeks, but as growers go through the necessary process, they may be watching potential profits disappear with the thick, black ... via Bangor Daily News