Orono News

UNH win over the weekend boosts them into a 6th place tie with Maine andA UNH have to travel to Orono for a game very soon.

BANGOR, Maine - A joint effort by the Bangor city staff and local farmers to regrow a farmers market in Bangor has taken root, and proponents think - with official City Council approval - it will blossom in June.

Kimberly Hamel and Shane Rogers are happy to announce their engagement. Kim is the daughter of Bruce and Deborah Hamel of Milford.

Among the sculpture created during a Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium is "Bar Harbor Tension," sculpted by Songul Telek of Turkey and placed at Baxter Park in Bar Harbor.

A send-off ceremony is being held for members of a Maine Army National Guard medevac unit that is being deployed to Kuwait.

Like most families these days, times got tough for Tracy Green. "I have a family of five and we have five pets.

Local band OneSixtyOne makes its debut at Paddy Murphy's Friday night, playing heavy rock, somewhere in between Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam and Motley Crue.

Love is in the air. Love of the arts. Love of Orono. Love of UMaine. And, of course, love of chocolate.

ORONO,Maine -- People trying to get into the Bear Brew Pub in Orono using a fake ID used to be an issue.

OLD TOWN, Maine - A University of Maine student who was speeding downtown early Friday morning didn't stop for an Old Town police officer who was following him with his blue lights and sirens on, Capt.

Cigarette butts pile up in a coffee tin near a popular smoke break location for several dining service employees near Memorial Union at the University of Maine in Orono in 2008.

ORONO, Maine -- As gas prices creep closer to the four dollar mark, Mainers are paying about 15 cents more per gallon than the national average.

ORONO, Maine -- Maine's Republican Presidential Caucuses are underway and will be held all the way up until this Saturday.

When I think about what I'm going to do after I graduate from school here in Maine, the first thought in my mind is to move away.

Shahada, belief in and recitation of the profession of faith, "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah." Salat, prayer offered while facing Mecca five times a day - at sunrise, midday, midafternoon, sunset and before going to bed.

So far, Dinner with the Smileys has been about us and what we are going through while Dustin is away on deployment.

John Bapst Memorial High School student Christina Long will be in the spotlight twice next weekend - she'll be on "The Nite Show" with Dan Cashman at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

ORONO, Maine --- If you're going through the seasonal pain of trying to get your taxes done, you might want to consider stopping by the Orono Public Library on Fridays.

Shaun and Janet O'Connor are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kaitlin M. O'Connor to Brannen M. Gee, son of Christina Gee and the late Newman Gee of St.

ORONO, Maine - A number of underage Orono residents recently have been caught with fake identification cards - including two charged this week, police Capt.