An Orono woman was arrested on Aug. 6 after being nabbed for driving drunk on I-95. According to reports state police were notified that driver was going north in the southbound lane of I-95 at about 10 p.m. that night in the Old Town-Orono area of the interstate. A state trooper located the driver, Sarah […]

ORONO – The University of Maine is one of the 379 higher education institutions nationwide — and the only public university in Maine — to be profiled in the 2015 Princeton Review guide to best colleges. The top ranking follows UMaine’s inclusion earlier this year in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015” and Princeton Review’s […]

Fall baseball is coming to the area, as the Old Town Recreation Center has launched the Eastern Maine Fall Baseball League.The fall league has been designed and developed for children ages 8-11. The fall league will feature teams from surrounding areas, as games will be played on the weekends, and will feature a 14 game […]

Literacy Volunteers of Bangor & Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause are partnering for a sweet cause – to bring the love of reading, along with a sweet treat, to children and families in the local area.Over several days, the Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause ice cream truck will be transformed into an ice […]

The Old Town Police Department will be participating in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that takes place August 13 through September 1. During that time the department will have extra officers on patrol looking for drunk drivers and a sobriety checkpoint roadblock will be conducted on Saturday August 30. The costs […]

The American Red Cross urges eligible blood donors to roll up a sleeve and give to help prevent a summer blood shortage. Blood donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative are especially needed. The Red Cross is seeing fewer appointments at its blood donation centers and blood drives this summer than what […]

University of Maine President Susan Hunter has announced that Vice President for Human Resources Megan Sanders also will serve as chief of staff in the Office of the President, effective Aug. 1. Sanders replaces Julie Hopwood, whose tenure as senior advisor to the president and chief of staff ends July 31. “I am delighted that Meg has […]

Registrations are now open for the annual Pedal the Penobscot bicycle ride. The ride, which will be held Sept. 7, is used by many riders to pursue a higher personal riding goal. It is fully-supported with relatively flat terrain, and you ca choose from 14, 28, 50, 76 and 100 mile routes that travel along […]