Winterport News

Randy Nelson Oliver, 56 of Monroe, died unexpectedly in his home May 16. Randy was born October 25, 1956, in Alberton, Prince Edward Island , Canada, son of Jean Oliver Pavia, and adopted and raised by his loving Grandparents Georgie and Henry Oliver.

Students from Bar Harbor, Bangor, Belfast, Lincolnville, Riley, Searsport and Winterport competed in the all day event.

What nice weather we're having. It's cold at night and not too hot during the day a just right! It was a beautiful day Saturday for the 60th birthday party for Larry Dodge at the home of his son Chris and daughter-in-law Jennifer.

A Winterport man is in the hospital after a colliding with an 18-wheeler. Hampden Police said Dakota El-Hajj, 20, was driving his Audi when he struck an 18-wheeler driven by Douglas Woodward, 39, of Plymouth.

A veteran SAD 22 official has been chosen to provide superintendent services in Veazie for the 2013-14 school year - the first since residents voted last November to pull out of RSU 26.

The eighth-grade students at Wagner Middle School are continuing to raise money for their field trip to Boston on June 7. Raffle tickets are still available for a remote control "Stampede" truck, and JCM Redemption has an account set up for bottle return money.

Bernie Littlefield, center, talks about the rules of debate between then-Reps. Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, and John Piotti, D-Unity, at Grant Civic Center in Winterport in May 2010.

A Perry man was sent to the hospital after a roll over crash on the interstate Friday morning.

Kelly Pelc, of Winterport, was inducted to the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at Saint Joseph's College of Maine.

Start your weekend out with First Friday Jazz featuring saxophonist Roy de Klerk at Nocturnem Drafthaus, the funky sounds of Tomorrow Morning at Paddy Murphy's, and a double shot of local rock with Sound and Vice and One Shot Nothing at Tantrum.

When members of Argonne Post 138 of the American Legion holds its annual manure sale 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Winterport Fire Station, it will be conducting a rite of spring the club established five or so years ago.

A local woman was arrested on an operating under the influence charge early Friday morning, April 26, after clerks at a Winterport convenience store reported she was "slumped over the wheel" of her vehicle at the gas pumps.

An early morning fire in Winterport flattened a garage and destroyed two cars. When crews arrived on the scene around 5:30 a.m., the garage was already fully engulfed in flames.

The Maine House of Representatives voted 113-30 Tuesday to reject a proposal by independent Rep.

Legislative leaders voted Monday not to allow Sen. Roger Katz , R-Augusta, to introduce a bill proposing elimination of the screening, which began in January 2012.

A fire Friday night heavily damaged a two-story, unattached garage at 38 Hackett Road, according to the Winterport fire chief.

Friday night, enjoy some tunes from the likes of the Pitch Black Ribbons at Paddy Murphy's, Tomorrow Morning at Ipanema, acoustic duo Him & Her at Nocturnem Drafthaus, Between Dead Stations at the Big Easy, the Skastitutes at Woodman's in Orono, and both Friday and Saturday, there's an 80s party with eightysomething at the Penobscot Pourhouse.

After much consideration, the trustees of the Stonington Water Company decided at their April 22 meeting to hire Olver Associates of Winterport to run the water company.

The Maine Senate on Wednesday went along with the House and approved a bill that allows personal information on concealed weapons permits - until recently open for public review under the state's Freedom of Access law - to be kept confidential.

Army Pvt. Kyle Carlson graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. A 2012 graduate of Bucksport High School, Carlson is the son of Jason Fraine and stepson of Bethany Fraine of Bucksport, and grandson of Abbie Thompson of Winterport.