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HCTC Students and Staff at SkillsUSA – Wednesday Recap [PHOTOS]
The Hancock County Technical Center's Students and Staff at SkillsUSA had a busy and productive day on Wednesday in Atlanta. Here's the recap thanks to Meghan Stubbs!. Today HCTC had one single competitor and three teams compete. Spencer, Josh, and Grace competed in the Community Service competition, Issy, Callie, and Jess competed in Career Pathway Showcase: Human Services, Grace, Zoey, and Sam competed in Career Pathway Showcase: Health Science, and Brynn competed in Action Skills.
Plane crashes into trees on Swan's Island
SWAN'S ISLAND, Maine — A single-engine Cessna 150 airplane crashed into trees on Swan's Island on Tuesday. Swan's Island is off the Hancock County coast, not far from Mount Desert Island. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. near Banks Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a...
Annual Wine & Whiskers Event to Support the SPCA
TRENTON — Support the animals while enjoying wonderful food and drink and bidding on silent and live auction items at the SPCA of Hancock County’s 11th Annual Wine & Whiskers fundraiser. The summer fun begins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, at the Bar Harbor Club on...
Amtrak Downeaster Upgrades for Safer, Faster Rides in Maine
Amtrak's Media Center is teaming up with the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) to roll out some serious upgrades along the tracks from Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Brunswick, Maine. They're dropping over $50 million to install Positive Train Control (PTC), a high-tech system that'll automatically keep trains in check and make trips faster and safer. If you ask me, those are the two best upgrades they could possibly have.
Reacting to debate, Gov. Mills outlines what’s at stake for Maine in presidential election
Democracy is at stake in the November presidential election, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday night, as well as common sense and civility in the White House, which she added, “we’re not seeing on the part of Mr. Trump tonight.” Mills spoke at a Democratic watch party for the first presidential debate between President Joe […] The post Reacting to debate, Gov. Mills outlines what’s at stake for Maine in presidential election appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Inspiring the next gen of tech: Educate Maine holds Girls Who Code summer camp
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Girls from across the state are getting the chance to explore technology at Husson University free of charge through Educate Maine’s Project Login’s partnership with Girls Who Code. “The piece that I really think that the girls like about Girls Who Code is they...
Country Star Phil Vassar Performing Charity Concert in Maine
As country music fans, we are blessed to live in Maine. While most rock, hip-hop, and pop fans have to travel to Boston or New York to see their favorite artists perform, we have the biggest country stars performing in our backyard. Massive country artists performing shows in Maine in...
Two years after Bird scooters land in Maine, towns find adoption a smooth ride
ORONO, Maine — Visitors to the towns of Old Town and Orono will see familiar sites, waterfronts, pines, and shops. But one thing found there and nowhere else in Maine are Birds, the electric ride-share scooters. In 2022, Old Town was the first town in the state to welcome...
UMaine and nonprofit group launch initiative to try to keep students working in Maine
STATEWIDE -- The University of Maine is teaming up with non-profit Live and Work in Maine to try to keep students in the state after they graduate. As part of the pilot phase of this initiative, letters will be sent out to accepted students in the University of Maine system -- each with personalized messages from Maine employers.
Social service initiative Mainspring wants to help more Mainers lift themselves out of poverty
Emily Flinkstrom (left) and Megan Shapiro-Ross outside the Mainspring project in Kittery. The idea of offering multiple social services in the same location for easier access isn't new. But the creators of an initiative underway in Kittery called Mainspring say they are taking the concept a step further, in a way that's designed to help more vulnerable Mainers to lift themselves out of poverty.
New effort underway to help repair unprecedented storm damage to Maine trails
PORTLAND, Maine — Storms over the last year or more have caused a lot of damage across Maine with flooding, erosion, downed trees, road washouts, infrastructure and more. There has also been significant damage to many walking, hiking trails and snowmobile trails. In Portland, the nonprofit group Portland Trails...
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