By Jason Agrell Residents of 13 unorganized townships and one plantation, delivered petitions to Augusta Monday asking that the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) remove them from Maine’s Expedited Wind Zone.

As the page on the calendar changes to the month of January and a new year, it marks the occasion where the newspaper staff reviews the past 52 editions and highlights the biggest news of 2015.

Contributed photo   — Frances Eva Clemens Luikey Marcelonis, a resident of Hibbard Skilled Nursing Center, turned 103 on Christmas Day.

As the page on the calendar changes to the month of January and a new year, it marks the occasion where the newspaper staff reviews the past 52 editions and highlights the biggest news of 2015.

Observer photo/Jeannette Hughes   WHERE’S OUR CHRISTMAS DINNER? — Spotted on a feeder last week were this red cardinal and blue jay, looking as if they were awaiting some treats for the holiday.

BINGHAM — For the sixth year in a row, a donation by Plum Creek will help local food banks meet their ongoing needs during the holiday season.

BANGOR — Last week Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) honored its 2015 champions.

  About 1,100 Emera Maine customers in eight Piscataquis County towns were without power on Friday afternoon due to a downed power line, officials said.

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AUGUSTA—Maine Department of Labor Commissioner Jeanne Paquette urges people who anticipate filing unemployment claims now through early in the new year to file online and to make sure they are fully registered on the Maine Job Bank.

On a recent cloudy day, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) farm tour participants visited Piscataquis County farms and could see that farming was thriving, even in late fall.

By Nok Noi RickerBDN Staff BRADFORD — An incident in which emergency personnel went to a car crash early Friday morning on Route 11 but then found no one there is being investigated by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office.

Contributed photo Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap and AT&T brought the “It Can Wait” anti-texting and driving campaign to Foxcroft Academy, pictured, and Piscataquis Community Secondary School on the morning of Dec.

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The North Country Strings present “A North Country Christmas” at the following locations and dates: Saturday, Dec.

By Julia Bayly BDN Staff Writer HOULTON  — Several Walmart stores in Maine were among an unspecified number of stores across numerous states to receive bogus automated bomb threat calls Saturday night through early Sunday morning, according to a company spokesman.

  By Jen Lynds BDN Staff Writer HOULTON — With U.

By Anthony Brino Staff Writer In the Maine Potato Board’s annual tradition touting the next generation, Ryan Crane from Exeter has been named the Young Farmer of the Year, and is being held up as a model for managing a large, rotating potato operation.