Camden National Corporation, a $2.6 billion bank holding company headquartered in Camden, with local branches in Old Town and Orono, reported earnings for the year ended December 31, 2013 of $22.8 million, or $2.97 per share, compared to $23.4 million, or $3.05 per share, for 2012.  The company’s return on average assets was 0.88 percent and […]

Registration is underway for Maine Summer Youth Music (MSYM) Camp at the University of Maine. Junior Camp, for students in grades 5-8, is July 13-18 and Senior Camp, for students in grades 8-12, is July 19-27. Eighth-grade students may attend either or both camps. Campers study with UMaine faculty and public school music teachers while […]

OLD TOWN – A benefit supper will be held from 4-6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8 for cancer victim Jim Comeau at American Legion Post 75, 20 Water Street. The menu includes spaghetti with sauce, cole slaw, rolls, coffee and desserts. The cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children ages 5-12, and free for […]

The Town of Orono’s Community Development-Finance-Operations Committee will meet Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m.  in .the Council Chambers at the Municipal Building. The agenda is as follows: Agenda 1. Roll Call Community Development 2. Orono-Veazie Water District Trustees Interview 3. Discussion with Orono-Veazie Water District 4. Municipal Review Committee Post-218 Planning Process Resolution Finance 5. Banking […]

In this week’s Penobscot Times, you can learn about a proposed apartment complex in Orono that would house 1,000 students. There is also a look at the Maine Department of Transportation’s planned local road projects for 2014-16, news on what caused a flood in the basement of city hall, information for local brides, high school […]

OLD TOWN – A section of Brunswick Street by the police station that had been closed to traffic for more than two weeks is now reopened. That section, about 300 feet long, had been closed because of concerns over the structural integrity of part of a wall being torn down at the former Old Town […]

There is a really pretty snow cover out on the grounds of the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, located off the Government Road off Rte. 178 in Bradley. Unfortunately, it is covering a serious amount of ice. Powder in ruts of ice make for very difficult conditions for walking or pulling a sled.  The ice storm […]

Come meet local playwright Travis Baker  as he speaks about his journey in writing the play One Blue Tarp on Tuesday, January 28 at 6p.m. at the Orono Public Library. His show will receive it’s world premier at the Penobscot Theatre Company, running from February 1-16. Get an inside look about the life and process of playwrighting and […]

The Friends of Maine Hockey will present the annual “Skate with the Bears” this Sunday, Jan. 26. Join the 2013-2014 University of Maine Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey teams on the ice at the Alfond Arena from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Fans are invited to come early and watch a live men’s ice hockey team practice from 1:15-2:15 p.m. […]