BDN, WABI cover open house for newly restored Orono Bog Boardwalk
The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an open house that was held to celebrate the completion of the Orono Bog Boardwalk’s reconstruction. It took seven years for 120 volunteers, who worked more than 4,000 hours, to replace the original wooden sections of the boardwalk with more durable plastic composite ones at a cost of $1.56 million, according to the BDN. Each year, the BDN reported, between 27,000 and 30,000 visitors visit the boardwalk, which is open between May and November and is jointly managed by the University of Maine, the Orono Land Trust and the city of Bangor. WVII (Channel 7) also reported on the open house.