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Final beam is placed for structure of UMaine’s new engineering building

Construction workers raised the final beam completing the steel structure of a new $78 million engineering building at the University of Maine on Friday afternoon.

Old Town High School earns award for diversity in computer science program

Old Town High School has earned the College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments in Old Town v. Expera mill tax abatement case

Maine’s highest court heard oral arguments in a dispute over the actual taxable value of the Old Town mill Thursday morning.

OTO hockey program in quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

The Old Town-Orono hockey team will quarantine until next week after a player tested positive for COVID-19 recently.

Old Town-Orono’s fiber network to give businesses and residents new options for connectivity

Some residences and businesses in Old Town and Orono will have access to a limited municipal fiber network split between the two communities when it goes live -- pending a signed contract with an internet service provider.

Old Town school counselor receives lifetime achievement award

Leonard Middle School counselor Tracey O’Connell received a lifetime achievement award from the Maine School Counselor Association last week for her work with Maine students.

These Old Town middle-schoolers are leading an effort to design flags for their communities

If three local eighth-graders are successful, Old Town, Alton and Bradley will soon have community flags that represent their cultural heritages.

River Runners seeks volunteers to mentor students in Old Town-Orono area

Gretchen Leithiser and Jessica Dumont know first-hand how influential the River Runners mentorship program is for the volunteers and the Orono-Old Town students it serves.

Rotary raises funds to help vaccinate rural first responders against COVID-19

As part of the Maine EMS COVID-19 vaccination plan, fire departments throughout Maine have been tasked with providing vaccinations to the larger community.

Local first responders on track to receive first and second vaccine doses by early February

First responders in the Old Town and Orono area are on track to receive either their first or second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by early February.

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