A 54-year-old Old Town woman was killed while walking on Thursday evening. At 6:27 p.m. that night, police received a report of a pedestrian that had been struck by a vehicle.  Responders found an unresponsive female that was pronounced dead on scene.  At this time, she has not been identified. See next week’s Penobscot Times […]

The Old Town boys basketball team beat Ellsworth this afternoon 53-50 to advance to the Eastern Maine Class B finals on Saturday at the Cross Insurance Center at 3:45 p.m. Orono’s girls, meanwhile, beat Piscataquis 40-29  this morning to advance to the Class C semifinals, where they will play at 7:05 p.m. on Friday.

The first annual Old Town community food drive to benefit local food pantries is now winding down. All items collected up until Feb. 28 will stay in Old Town and will be dispersed to the local pantries. Food for the drive may be left off at drop boxes during regular business hours in the following […]

The Milford budget workshop scheduled for tonight, February 19 has been canceled. The selectmen’s meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. will be held as scheduled. The next budget workshop is scheduled for Monday, March 3, following the selectmen’s meeting.

In this week’s Penobscot Times: AOL abandons plans for up to 100 jobs in Orono; winter high school sports playoff action; a consent order is lifted for the Orono-Veazie Water District; and much much more. Pick up your copy of the Times today for all the details!

ORONO – The University Credit Union’s 7th Annual Healthy High 5k/10k and 1-Mile Fun Run at the University of Maine, sponsored by Cadillac Mountain Sports, will be April 13. The race, which begins at 4:20 p.m. at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center, promotes health and wellness for both the university and the community.  Early registration fees for […]

Old Town: Boys – Eastern Maine Class B semifinal game. Wednesday, February 19, at 2:05 p.m. at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, the No. 6 seed Old Town boys basketball team will play against the No. 10 seed Ellsworth team. Orono: Boys – Eastern Maine Class C quarterfinal game. Tuesday, February 18, at 11:05 […]

Milford town officials are asking that residents be on the lookout for potential issues with door-to-door sales. Manager Dawn Adams said this week the town has received information from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department that there is a silver van with Vermont license plates doing door-to-door sales in the Milford area. The Sheriff’s Department has […]

 Understanding more about the relationship between weather and maple sap flow, and how Maine syrup producers will adapt to climate change is the focus of research being conducted by a University of Maine graduate student. Jenny Shrum, a Ph.D. candidate in the ecology and environmental sciences graduate program in the UMaine School of Biology and Ecology, […]