Women of the World will meet on Monday, October 13 at noon at the Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main Street, Orono. Please note we will be meeting in the Gathering Place on the first floor. WOW will host an indoor Tailgating party and will offer some dishes related to this tradition. We welcome additional […]

ORONO – Town officials remind residents they need to have their house numbers posted on their homes if they don’t already. Part of the duties of the Coded Enforcement Office is the administration of the E-911 Addressing System. Travelling around town, staff has noticed that many properties that do not have house numbers posted. Both […]

ORONO – Town officials are continuing to work on an opportunity to bring ultra-high speed internet access to the Maine Technology Park off Godfrey Drive. The town was approached with an opportunity to partner with Maine Fiber, the University of Maine, and EMHS to bring open access fiber lines to the park. Such lines have […]

If the Old Town mill is going to resume operations, it now seems certain it won’t be under the ownership of Patriarch Partners. Old Town Fuel and Fiber was abruptly shuttered, throwing nearly 200 employees out of work, on Aug. 13, after months of rumors that the mill was in financial trouble. At the mill […]

The condition of a property that apparently has fallen into a state of disrepair was discussed at the Bradley Town Council meeting recently. The property, located at 63 Main Street, is owned by Margaret Shorette. Town officials have contacted her about the condition of the property, but Shorette has not replied. While the property is in […]

ORONO – Movie fans are invited to be part of a worldwide judging contingent of the 17th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. More than 100,000 moviegoers in more than 250 cinemas on six continents are expected to […]

BRADLEY – The Board of Directors of the Maine Forest and Logging Museum is in the process of creating a strategic plan. To better understand its community of patrons and volunteers, the board has created two surveys and would very much appreciate it if the public would fill out our surveys. There are two surveys […]

Laid off employees at the Old Town mill received more bad news this week, when they learned Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for those workers had been denied by the federal government. The TAA program is a federal entitlement program that assists U.S. workers who have lost or may lose their jobs as a result of […]

The Orono Fire Department will hold its annual open house on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m.-noon. This event will kick off Fire Prevention Week, where the message is Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives. There are several activities planned for the day that will allow participants to to have fun while learning how to make […]