Cannons

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.

Lawn facing College Avenue, across from Steam Plant Parking Lot

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Two sets of historic cannons are among the many objects given to UMaine for campus exhibit. Donated in 1932 by alum Llewellyn Edwards, the cannons are on a well-tended lawn bisected by a sidewalk leading from College Avenue. The northern set is Civil War era; the set to the south is a replica display presumably from an early 20th-century repair/renovation of the USS Constitution, first launched from Boston Harbor in 1797. In front of the Constitution cannons is a flower garden in the shape of an “M.” Stately Norway spruces encircle the Civil War cannons. Both sets of cannons were obtained from the distribution of decommissioned government items. Incidentally, one of the ship’s early commanding officers was Commodore Edward Preble of Portland; moreover, the original masts on the Constitution were of Maine pine.

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