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Orono wants to know what to do with 3 buildings before paying to renovate them

Orono owns three buildings in need of some work, but they don’t serve any specific purposes for the town.

Old Town landfill could turn its gassy emissions into a renewable energy source

A Pennsylvania company is working to build a facility that would turn the methane released by decomposing trash at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town into pipeline-quality natural gas.

Bangor-area towns have no recycling more than 18 months after Hampden trash plant shuttered

Communities in the Bangor area and elsewhere that dropped local recycling programs ahead of the start of a new waste facility in Hampden haven’t brought those programs back, and appear unlikely to, even as the plant has remained closed for more than a year and a half.

Orono will fill 3 council seats in March race featuring only 1 incumbent

Orono voters will fill three seats on their Town Council in an election this March that will feature only one incumbent.

Highest-ranking woman in Maine National Guard takes new job at UMaine

The highest-ranking woman in the Maine Army National Guard is taking on a new role at the University of Maine.

Prominent Orono inn closes after 57 years in business

An inn that has been in business for nearly 60 years in Orono has closed.

Old Town swears in new councilors after an election with no one on the ballot

Old Town swore in two new councilors and promoted the City Council’s vice president to president on Monday, marking the end of an unusual election cycle for the city.

There’s little known about the early life of the Penobscot chief who is Orono’s namesake

As Orono moves ahead with plans to erect new welcome signs that feature the Penobscot Nation chief for whom the town was named, there’s no definitive history detailing Joseph Orono’s early life before he became chief.

Conflicting Maine laws allow Old Town and Bangor to list candidates randomly on ballots

The city of Old Town will continue to list local candidates for office randomly on ballots the way it has for years, despite concerns from city councilors that it may not have been following state election law.

Newman Center receives $1.25 million donation toward overhauling facility

A project to renovate the Newman Center that has been in the works for nearly four years will break ground next spring after an anonymous $1.25 million donation was made recently.

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