Orono News

The importance of the arts was on display in orono today. Students from eight area grammar schools were invited to Orono High School to see a performance of Cinderella.

Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine in Orono, talks to Sjur Bratland , asset manager, and Knut Erik Steen , technical manager, both with Hywind from the Norwegian company Statoil, about research conducted at the facility.

If the enthusiasm and the crowds at the Juice 2.0 conference over the weekend were any indication, Maine's creative economy is alive and well.

The smells of soap and wet wool filled the air in teacher Jessica Barnes' classroom at Orono High School last week as students got a lesson that art isn't just something made with paint or clay - and can be useful in a career someday.

Rhode Island's quarterback Chris Paul-Etienne is tackled by Maine's Troy Haris during the first half of an NCAA football game in Orono, Maine, Saturday, Nov.

Submitted by Mike Tipping on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 9:11am. Maine Politics The results of last week's election aren't contained solely in the success or failure of the big-ticket ballot items.

There are many evenings, Kevin Ritchie said Friday, that the Wal-Mart store in Lincoln is filled with international students from nearby Lee Academy shopping for supplies.

Violinist Tai Murray will replace Stefan Jackiw as the featured performer at the Bangor Symphony Orchestra concert, Nov.

Educators, parents and students were at the University of Maine Friday to learn the importance of chinese language and culture in our state.

A possible check scam was reported on Oct. 27. A man told police on Oct. 27 that his employer had refused to pay him for his last 60 hours of work.

Mills in Maine that produce organic wheat flour will be getting a major boost from U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ORONO, Maine a ' An Augusta man was issued a summons for assault early Saturday morning after he punched two University of Maine students on campus.

Members of the University of Maine community sought Wednesday to defend the state system's flagship university against impending cuts to academic budgets, while Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude and some of the system's board of trustees took questions and heard suggestions about the system's financial future.

The University of Maine says one of its students has tested positive for the swine flu.

Amid corn stalks and Halloween decorations, a Maine State Police officer scours the property at a home on the Pratt Road in Newport on Tuesday, Oct.

Four men were rescued from Moosehead Lake on Tuesday morning after the pontoon boat they were traveling in capsized.

It will take you longer to get through downtown Orono Tuesday, October 27. One lane of the Ferry Hill Bridge will be shut down in the morning so crews can repair a water main leak.

Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is proposing an overhaul of the way the state provides special education to students, with an independent report showing those costs increasing at twice the rate of other education spending.

Keeping the country safe from terrorism is a real concern, and the United States must not abandon the rule of law as it did in the early days of the war on terrorism, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.

Organizers of the American Folk Festival on Friday disputed published reports that they had suspended plans for the 2010 event pending resolution of their accumulated debt.