BDN reports UMaine engineering students help plan Orrington business park

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

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 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

May 13, 2019 UMaine in the News

The Bangor Daily News reported a group of University of Maine engineering students helped plan a business park in Orrington for their senior capstone project. According to the article, Orrington has been waiting more than 10 years to develop an industrial park along the Penobscot River, where companies produced paper-making chemicals for decades. The Riverfront Industrial Park has been in progress since the Maine Department of Environmental Protection approved the town’s request in March 2018. The park could host offices, manufacturing businesses, greenhouses or other enterprises, the article states. Students Brody Campbell, James Costigan, Morgan Cram, Andrew Kurmin and Sean Mackintosh’s presentation for town officials covered what might be needed to develop the property, including an access road that would last 50 years, a stormwater drainage system, fire hydrants and a system for bringing water on site, as well as cost estimates. Town selectmen considered the students’ plan a “jumping-off point” for a blueprint to be finalized later this year, the BDN reported.