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Someone spray-painted all over a 350-year-old tree in Orono

Bangor Daily News 23 Apr 2026
A remarkable tree in Orono estimated to be 350 years old has been decorated roughly with red spray paint around its sturdy trunk ... The Big Old Tree was already very big and old when the Orono Land Trust ...
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Renovation helps would-be empty-nesters fill their Orono home again

Star Tribune 17 Apr 2026
A handful of small additions transformed a 1956-built, two-story house into enough space for the parents and their adult children to thrive ... .
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UMaine Extension 4-H hosts open house at science center in Orono

Bangor Daily News 16 Apr 2026
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host an open house at the Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 2 ... No registration is required ... ....
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Former high school teammate recruited UMaine baseball’s top hitter to Orono

Bangor Daily News 15 Apr 2026
ORONO, MaineUniversity of Maine graduate student right fielder Juju Stevens said he and redshirt senior relief pitcher Sebastian Holt have some “unfinished business” this season ... He is third in runs batted in with 19 ... “I want to help the team ... ....
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UMaine engineering students help Orono protect and reimagine Webster Park

Bangor Daily News 03 Apr 2026
ORONO — In Orono, Webster Park stretches along the Stillwater River on Marsh Island, where walking trails pass picnic tables and the shoreline draws residents to fish, swim and paddle ... Park in Orono.
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Varsity Maine Girls Skier of the Year: Clara White, Orono

Journal Tribune 02 Apr 2026
" data-image-caption=". Orono’s Clara White skies to a first-place finish at the Sassi Memorial on Jan ... ....
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‘He was our dream’: Dad remembers missing Orono man found dead

Bangor Daily News 24 Mar 2026
Chance Lauer was curious about the world, loved to read and go on adventures ... Lauer, 19, was the only child of Jody and Stephanie Lauer ... Lauer was last seen Jan ... His body was recovered from a pond near his Orchard Trail apartment on March 17 in Orono.
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This Orono forest has a pine tree so big it has its own name

Bangor Daily News 22 Mar 2026
MeetBig Old Tree,” the enormous pine that’s featured on the Orono Land Trust logo. The tree is located at Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area, on land that was the catalyst for the formation of the Orono Land Trust.
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Missing teen found dead in Orono

Lewiston Sun Journal 18 Mar 2026
Chance Lauer, 19, was last seen on Jan. 19 near an apartment complex where he lived ....
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Body of missing Orono 19-year-old found

Bangor Daily News 18 Mar 2026
The body of a 19-year-old man who went missing in Orono in January has been found ... The Orono Police Department did ...
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UMaine students push back on Orono’s noise fines

Bangor Daily News 09 Mar 2026
An Orono law that fines residents for loud parties may be changed less than a year after it was enacted. The Orono Town Council enacted a disorderly property ordinance in August 2025 following an assault in the town’s Webster neighborhood.
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Nurse opens a new direct primary care clinic in her Orono home

Bangor Daily News 02 Mar 2026
Primary care in Orono is going back to the basics ... Renew Health is Orono’s sole direct primary care clinic, which is one that operates on a monthly fee instead of insurance, and is the only primary care option in the town.
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Mattanawcook girls cruise past Orono after early nerves

Bangor Daily News 18 Feb 2026
Addison Cyr poured in 18 first-half points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked five shots as her top seeded and undefeated Mattanawcook Academy girls basketball team from Lincoln and cruised to a 64-30 victory over eighth seed Orono on Tuesday night.
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Nordic skiing: Orono, Fort Kent skiers defend Class C classical titles

Lewiston Sun Journal 16 Feb 2026
Clara White and Alden Reardon both win for the third year in a row ....
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