Orono town councilors decided last week to not fund a proposed downtown pocket park. The Orono Village Association this winter requested that town officials look into the possibility of creating new green space downtown in the alleyway between Margaritas and Mill Street Yoga and Black Bear Brewery. Concepts drawings of the park in May showed […]

Orono High School was named last week as Maine’s ninth best high school in a study announced by US News and World Report. To produce the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, that magazine teamed up with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research, one of the largest behavioral and social […]

As the Orono Historical Society continues to fundraise for the restoration of Orono’s Civil War Monument , stories of some of the Orono men who enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 have been explored. On Thursday, April 24 at 4 Pp.m., a Powerpoint/ lecture program entitled “Orono’s Role in the American Civil War…..Stories of […]

Something magical happens this time of year. As winter snow melts away, the rare beauty of a northern peat bog is revealed and, under ordinary circumstances, the Orono Bog Boardwalk would open for another season. However, this year, because of Boardwalk reconstruction, that opening will be delayed. Boardwalk volunteers have completed Phase I of their […]

In this week’s Penobscot Times: A purchase option agreement for a possible landfill site in Greenbush was signed months before town officials were made aware;  Old Town city officials crack down on a medical marijuana clinic; the Old Town High School robotics team is going to the World Championships; and much much more. Copies of […]