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Police presence keeps parties at The Grove from getting out of hand, chief says

ORONO — A police presence at The Grove apartments over Labor Day weekend prevented the large gatherings that created “near riot conditions” last year, the Orono chief of police said Monday. Between four and five officers patrolled the apartment complex that houses 620 tenants from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and early Monday […]

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State universities paying agents to recruit international students

This September, among the new students attending the University of Maine’s orientation in Orono will be two students from China and one each from India, Vietnam and Bangladesh. That the students are from abroad is not new — the University of Maine had 341 degree-seeking, international students last year. But the way they got here […]

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