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New Construction To Old Orono Schools Starting To Take Shape I grew up in the Orono area, and attended 4th & 5th Grade at the Asa C. Adams Elementary School, and then 7th & 8th grade up at the Middle School/High School campus. And I I can tell you first hand, even way back when, those buildings needed work! There were barely enough classrooms and only one small section of the building set aside for any kind of administrative office of sorts at the elementary level. The cafeteria was outdated and quite small, which got tricky because it doubled as the gym, so when I was a kid we had PE in an e...

Scientists in lab coats and Silicon Valley coders — that’s what usually comes to mind when thinking about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. But STEM is more than the stereotype. It includes diverse disciplines feeding ever-changing industries, and Maine is fertile ground for STEM development, says Walter Rawle, chairman of the Maine chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He cites innovations in traditional industries like forestry, agriculture and fishing; and new developments in fields as disparate as bioscience, health care, artificial...