ORONO — The new owner of Orchard Trails apartments plans to renovate the 8-year-old clubhouse and rental units to make them more attractive to students, according to an official with the company that manages the complex. “It was top of the line when it opened … however, it’s no longer 2006,” Jason White, regional manager […]
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Michelle Obama to campaign for Michaud at UMaine campus
ORONO — First lady Michelle Obama is coming to Maine to campaign for Democrat Mike Michaud in the governor’s race. The Michaud campaign said Monday that Mrs. Obama and Michaud will appear together Oct. 3 at the University of Maine. They’ll be joined by Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Cecile Richards. The event is being […]
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Maine students heading to New York City for People’s Climate March
ORONO — More than 100 University of Maine students are heading to the Big Apple this weekend to take part in what is being hailed as the biggest demonstration in the history of the climate justice movement. Set for Sunday in New York and other major cities around the globe, the People’s Climate March is […]
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Orono manager says The Grove management ‘very, very angry’ at crackdown
ORONO — After repeated attempts to work with operators of The Grove to curb the kind of loud, raucous parties for which it has developed a reputation, town officials are cracking down. And the management of Orono’s largest student housing complex is not pleased about it, Town Manager Sophie Wilson told town councilors Monday night […]
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‘We kind of expected it’: Police respond in force to raucous party at The Grove
ORONO — Police officers from as far away as Hampden responded to assist local officers with dispersing another huge party at The Grove, the largest apartment housing complex in town used by University of Maine students, police Chief Josh Ewing said Sunday. Police started to receive complaints about the large gathering at around 11:30 p.m., […]
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LePage says Maine energy too expensive, keeps wages low
ORONO — A week after L.L. Bean announced it will close its Bangor call center and on the same day that Verizon Wireless said it would add 90 customer service employees to its local facility, Gov. Paul LePage made a Wednesday visit to a third call center, where he said wages might be higher if […]
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Nuisance bear trapped in Orono, taken to remote spot in Aroostook County
ORONO — A female adult black bear that is presumed to be one of four bears discovered in a hollow tree very close to a residence in March was successfully trapped Sunday evening and taken to a rural location north of Macwahoc on Monday morning. The bear, along with several others, had been making regular […]
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UMaine hires Hunter as its first female president
AUGUSTA (AP) — The University of Maine will have its first female president, university system Chancellor James Page announced Tuesday. Susan Hunter, who has spent most of her career at the University of Maine, will serve a two-year appointment leading the nearly 11,250-student Orono campus beginning July 7. The executive committee of the system’s Board […]
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Frank H. McConnell
1936 – 2014 Frank H. McConnell, 77, of Poland, passed away on Thursday, June 12, in his home with his wife by his side, following a long illness. He was born in Hartland on Dec. 14, 1936, to parents Howard and Esther (Griffith) McConnell. Frank graduated from the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield in 1955. […]
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University of Maine professor wins $500,000 to study how pathogens can become deadly
ORONO — A North Carolina research foundation is awarding a University of Maine professor $500,000 to study how common pathogens become potentially deadly. The university said Wednesday that the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is awarding Robert Wheeler the five-year grant. Wheeler is an assistant professor of microbiology at the university. He will study how Candida albicans, […]