Van Buren News

Wayne David DuPlessis, 57, of Bethel, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan.

Wayne David DuPlessis of Bethel died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. He was born Jan. 10, 1952, in Van Buren, the son of Ludger and Theresa DuPlessis.

GRAND ISLE, Maine a ' Three northern Aroostook County adults and three juveniles have been charged with multiple crimes in connection with a string of burglaries and vandalism in the area.

Bouchard & Son Towing and A&M Sand and Gravel crews work on pulling a tractor-trailer up the embankment and back onto the pavement Tuesday afternoon after the truck went off Interstate 95 northbound in Newport around 4:20 Tuesday morning.

ROCKPORT : Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick O'Brien of Rockport and Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Michaud of Van Buren announced the marriage of their children, Jasimine Taylor and Nathan Michaud on July 11, 2009.

Retirement from a life in banking prompts sculptor Claude O'Donnell of Holden to unleash the creative hippie hidden in the gray flannel suit A piece called "Fed Ex" by former drummer and banker Claude O'Donnell adorns a shelf at the Blue Hill Library as part of an exhibit this month.

The 32nd Annual Acadian Festival will take place June 25-28 in Madawaska, Maine.

Small-business owners in Van Buren will be making upgrades and repairs to their buildings with a $99,800 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Enterprise Grants program.

CEO of company strips down and walks from Maine to California tobring awareness to people helping people and charities.

School administrators hope the third time is the charm when SAD 27 and SAD 10 voters go to the polls for a special referendum May 28 to decide the fate of a proposed Alternative Organizational Structure.

Maine Warden Service aerial photographs taken yesterday show ice dams that are being monitored by Maine emergency management officials.

Ice jams are continuing to pose threats along several northern Maine rivers. The National Weather Service said an ice jam remained locked in place for the fourth day in a row Friday on the Aroostook River in Washburn, flooding portions of Route 164.

John River between St. Leonard, New Brunswick, and Van Buren on Wednesday. On Thursday the center of the river was running clear, but more ice is heading toward the bridge from Grand Isle and is expected to arrive today.