The Old Town mill has been sold yet again, this time to a Chinese group that recently expanded into the U.S. — including the mill in Rumford — earlier this year. The mill’s new owner is ND Paper, a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper of Hong Kong. ND Paper completed its purchases of the mill […]
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Old Town real estate transfers
TD Bank NA, Portland, to Barry and Jolene Maynard, Lincoln, property at 61 Fifth Street, $27,000. Daniel Crosby, Old Town, to Adam Woodrow and Rachel Kelly, Orrington, property at 79 Kirkland Road, $135,000. The Hannon Limited Partnership, Old Town, to The Hannon Limited Partnership, Old Town, property at 613 Stillwater Avenue. Heineman Properties Inc., Hudson, […]
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Old Town building permits
The Old Town Code Enforcement Office issued the following permits for the month of July-September. James Vaillancourt, 86 Prentiss Street, place a 10 foot by 12 foot shed on property, $4,500. David Thompson, Poplar Street, construct a 12 foot by 16 foot storage building with 8 foot by 10 foot attachment on stone foundation, $1,000. […]
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‘Look. Listen. Learn.” Fire Prevention Week theme
Today’s home fires burn faster than ever. In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. Knowing how to use that time wisely takes planning and practice. The Old Town Fire Rescue Department is teaming up with the National […]
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Phyllis T. Blood
BUCKFIELD — Phyllis Theresa Blood, 94, of Buckfield passed away Saturday, May 5, a day after her 94th birthday. She was born in Rockland in 1924, daughter of Hazel and Clifford Blood. She grew up in the Rockland area with her two sisters, where she enjoyed the outdoors, as well as skating and dancing. She met […]
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Boys’ hockey: Old Town/Orono beats Greely in OT to win Class B state title
Old Town/Orono players show off their new Class B state championship plaque to the student section after beating Greely 3-2 in overtime Saturday in Lewiston. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — According to Ben Allan-Rahill, things were all set up for Jake Dubay to score the state championship-winning goal. Instead, Allan-Rahill took a cross-ice feed […]
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Mother dies in I-95 crash; young children rescued after night in car
Liza Parker, 26, of Bangor and her two children, Mason Worcester, 5, and Tiaona Robinson, 18 months, were reported missing. They were found Monday afternoon in a car off of Interstate 95. Parker died at the scene but her two children were alive in the car. Two young children strapped in safety seats survived a […]
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Ruth P. Deveau
LEWISTON — Ruth P. Deveau, 94, formerly of Old Town and Montello Heights, Lewiston, died Friday, Feb. 10, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jan. 5, 1923, in Bangor. She married William E. Deveau, Aug. 30, 1945, and he passed away Jan. 21, 2001. She is survived by her children, William E. Deveau […]
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Class B baseball: Freeport’s run ends with loss to Old Town
Problem was, Old Town was there too, and the Coyotes, after spotting Freeport a 2-0 lead, hit with reckless abandon on their way to a 12-2 mercy rule win and their first state baseball championship. All nine hitters in the Old Town lineup had at least one hit as the Coyotes pounded out 13 base-knocks. […]
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Baseball state championships: Mostly favorites in finals, but some surprises
The Northern Maine baseball playoffs played out like they were supposed to on paper, with the top seeds in each class advancing to the state championships. That was partly the case in southern Maine, except Sacopee Valley in Class C was an underdog who then ended another underdog story, and in Class B, Freeport flipped […]