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Orono, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Orono! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Orono’s library will nearly triple in size despite a shortfall
- Can UMaine’s Orono-based Black Bears claim a fourth straight title?
Also on today's calendar: H2O – The Cosmic States of Water and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Hot with a couple of showers, temps: high: 92, low: 69.
- Saturday: Humid; a few morning showers, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Orono library's $8.6M expansion will move forward despite falling short of fundraising goal (bangordailynews.com) — Orono’s public library expansion is moving ahead to bidding this September, even though the foundation is still about $219,000 short of its $8.62 million fundraising goal. Town support, federal earmarks, and hundreds of individual donors have nearly tripled the library’s planned size, with construction timing to be set once a contractor is chosen. 
• Maine women's soccer team gears up for run at fourth-straight America East title (foxbangor.com) — In Orono, the UMaine women’s soccer team is kicking off a new season aiming for a fourth straight America East title, energized by a new home field. Players say the team’s resilience after last year’s slow start and injury challenges has them confident they can contend again.
📸 Around Orono
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Queer Hangout →
The Wilson Center, 67 College Ave, Orono
6:00 pm
Saturday August 8
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Other local events
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Read-a-Thon wrap-up party! →
Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
5:00 pm -
Geezers in Sneakers Getting Coffee →
Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
9:30 am -
BYOB(ook) →
Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine St, Orono
2:00 pm -
Mahjongg Group →
Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
12:00 pm -
H2O – The Cosmic States of Water →
Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium, University of Maine, Orono
2:00 pm -
Geezers in Sneakers Getting Coffee →
Orono, ME Calendar, 39 Pine Street, Orono
9:30 am -
Public Hearing →
Orono, ME Calendar, 59 Main St., Orono
5:00 pm
Thursday August 6
Friday August 7
Saturday August 8
Sunday August 9
Monday August 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Inspiring Action: How to Tell Authentic and Persuasive Stories →
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce The COMMUNITY: Maine's Nonprofit Hub 700 Mount Hope Avenue Suite 101 Bangor, ME 04401
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Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
10:00 am -
Meeting - Robert Shaw (Room 3)
Old Town Public Library 46 Middle Street, Old Town, ME 04468
11:30 am -
FUSION:FIRST - Friends & Family Night at Maine Discovery Museum
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 74 Main St Bangor, ME 04401
5:30 pm
Thursday August 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Global Partners LP posted a job opening for Guest Service Associate/Cashier - XtraMart - Seasonal Flex in Orono. Apply here.
- Genesis Healthcare posted a job opening for Certified Medicine Aide, CMA in Orono. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Orono here.
🗞 Nearby News
Old Town
- C.H.E.F.'s Club: Create, Harvest, Eat, Farm (umaine.edu)
- Wabanaki advocates are opposing repeal of ash quarantine (sunjournal.com)
Bangor
- Pencils, backpacks, and relief: Supply drive helps ease back-to-school stress (wabi.tv)
- ‘Life-changing funding': UMaine professor advocates for Chronic Fatigue research funding (wabi.tv)
- More than a third of Bangor's pandemic relief funds still haven't been spent (bangordailynews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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