FBRI’s Technology Research Center mentioned in media reports of property sale

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

February 1, 2018 Economic Development, UMaine in the News

The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported OTM Holdings, LLC announced it had purchased a former pulp mill in Old Town to redevelop it into a wood fiber complex housing multiple tenants. The Press Herald reported the sale will save the complex from demolition by the liquidation company that formerly owned the mill. The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute’s Technology Research Center already occupies 40,000 square feet in the mill’s warehouse, according to the AP. OTM said the center will be part of a campus that will capitalize on both the mill’s energy generation capabilities and on the surrounding forestland. Maine Public and WABI (Channel 5) carried the AP report. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King also issued a news release applauding the Old Town mill economic redevelopment effort.