Police say a 10-year-old Orrington boy who was reported missing Sunday was found when he hit a police cruiser with a car he stole in Penobscot County. The boy was reported missing from Snows Center Road around 7:45 p.m. and investigating deputies from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office were told he may be driving a […]
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Vivian Kaul
1935 – 2015 ORRINGTON — Vivian (Nelson) Kaul, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in the arms of her daughter after an extremely long battle with frontotemporal dementia. Vivian graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Class of 1953. She married Jerome C. Kaul on Aug. 29, 1957. Vivian worked as secretary, mostly […]
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Brewer woman dies days after crash
ORRINGTON (AP) — A Brewer woman injured in a hit-and-run crash in Orrington earlier this month has died, and authorities are looking into whether the other driver should be charged. Police say 59-year-old Robin Rie died late last week after getting injured in a crash Sept. 13. Sheriff’s deputies say Rie was on Route 15 […]
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Police, game wardens find person believed to be driver in Orrington hit-and-run
ORRINGTON — A 59-year-old motorist was severely injured in a hit-and-run crash late Saturday morning on Route 15 in Orrington, and police say they have found the person whose vehicle slammed into that driver’s SUV. Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Matheson said late Saturday afternoon that authorities tracked down the gold sedan that witnesses reported […]
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Missing Orrington man found dead in Hampden
HAMPDEN — Searchers found an Orrington man missing since Thursday dead inside his SUV near Ammo Industrial Park on Saturday. Michael Miller, 40, had not been heard from since about 8 a.m. Thursday. His wife believed he might have been within a 5-mile radius of Center Drive. Searchers from Down East Emergency Medical Institute found […]
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Maine mercury contamination trial set to start
BANGOR (AP) — A federal trial is beginning this week to determine whether a chemical company responsible for dumping mercury from a closed plant in Orrington will be required to clean contamination from along the banks of the Penobscot River and the mouth of Penobscot Bay. The trial scheduled to start Tuesday in U.S. District […]
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Maine’s high court to hear environmental cleanup dispute
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments in a legal dispute over the environmental cleanup of the former HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. plant in Orrington. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/NxTqzi ) reports that the Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on an appeal by Mallinckrodt LLC, a St. Louis-based pharmaceutical company […]
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Orrington fire destroys garage, damages home
ORRINGTON — An early Saturday morning blaze destroyed an attached garage and its contents and damaged a Kent Drive residence. No one was injured. Orrington firefighters were called to the home of Barbara Goss about 3:20 a.m., Assistant Fire Chief Scott Stewart said. When they arrived, the garage was fully ablaze, he said. A short […]
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Home fire in Orrington closes road, displaces family of five
ORRINGTON — A family of five who live on Clark Falls Road have lost their home to a New Year’s Day fire that ripped through the two-story structure, Fire Chief Mike Spencer said from the scene as firefighters from the region still worked to put out the flames. The fire was reported at about 2 […]
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Car hits pole, knocks out power around Orrington
ORRINGTON— Authorities say a car hit a utility pole, knocking out power to more than 1,000 customers around Orrington. Bangor Hydro says crews are working to replace the pole and restore service. They estimated power restoration to be completed Friday afternoon.