Orono 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.

GLENBURN Nichole Cable's friends and family say they are worried about the role that social media play in young people's lives, in the wake of Cable's death and the arrest of the 20-year-old man who is accused of murdering her.

Town councilors on Tuesday will discuss what fire protection here will look like in the future, given a 27 percent budget cut that could affect one or both of the Veazie Fire Department's two full-time fire department employees.

Kendall Merriam was born and raised in Rockland. He has a history degree from Gordon College in Wenham, Mass.

Phil : So, at least we both agree that Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, should have allowed Gov.

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District, continues to inch closer and closer to running for governor.

Kyle Dube, 20, walks into Superior Court in Bangor Maine, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, a day after he was charged with killing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.

The Union Historical Society will host a talk by Dr. David Yarborough, professor of horticulture and blueberry specialist at The University of Maine, Orono.

Community members, friends of the family and strangers are coming together to plan events to remember 15-year-old Nichole Cable of Glenburn and raise money to help her family.

Alan has served real estate customers for 7 Years. A lifetime resident of Waldo County Alan always served his customers with honesty and professionalism.

There's a buzz in Penobscot County as the number of new beekeepers is on the rise.

A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to a report from her mother that she left her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on Facebook before she disappeared.

Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, had been friends with the victim, Nichole Cable, for a couple of months, and they'd made plans to see each other the weekend that she disappeared, said Tyler-Ann Harris, 16, who described herself as Nichole's best friend.

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.

Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook.

Police charged a 20-year-old Maine man with murder Tuesday in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she met on Facebook.

The University of Maine System's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a budget Monday that will again freeze tuition and fees at the system's seven universities.

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In early June, the University of Maine will launch a small-scale offshore demonstrator of a floating wind turbine, fabricated in its lab with a lightweight concrete foundation and composite tower.

Buzz Moore, who began his tenure at George Stevens Academy "as an innocent substitute minding my own business" in the spring 2011, is now Assistant Head of School.