More than 6 percent of drivers on Maine roads were talking on a phone or manipulating a device, according to a 2018 survey of almost 13,600 vehicles
Greg Fish
MFLM starting Donnell Mill restoration project
Donnell’s mill is the only known saw to cut 8 foot clapboards.
Women of the World announces 2019-20 schedule
Women of the World (WOW) is a group of international women, including Americans, who gather once a month at the Church of Universal Fellowship, 12 noon, 82 Main Street in Orono, to share their cultural heritages.
Bill Berlinghoff performing at Tuesday Forum Luncheon
Bill is a folksinger with more than half a century of performing experience, appearing in almost every east-coast state from Maine to Virginia and as far west as Colorado and Oregon.
Orono Public Library to celebrate 10th anniversary with birthday party
The party will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7.
Y Happenings
There is a buzz in the air, no, not mosquitos but the energy as the Fall 1 session starts at the Old Town-Orono YMCA.
Nomination papers for Old Town elections available Monday
Two seats are opening up on the city council, and one on RSU 34’s board of directors.
On hope and the Old Town mill
There is reason to be hopeful, and that is something to celebrate.
Legionella bacteria no longer detected at Orono-Veazie Water District
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that recent water tests in the Orono-Veazie Water District did not detect Legionella bacteria.
Reopening of Old Town mill celebrated
The event was put on by ND Paper, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper Limited, which bought the mill nearly a year ago.