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Blue Hill Fair returns this Labor Day weekend
BLUE HILL, Maine (WABI) - The Blue Hill Fair has returned for another summer!. The over 100-year-old country fair has been dubbed “the Labor Day tradition in Downeast Maine” by organizers. Running through this weekend into Labor Day, there’s plenty to see and do!. Fun rides, a...
Purchase of Tozier’s Searsport aims to revive a lost community hub
SEARSPORT, Maine (WABI) - The lights of the former Tozier’s Family Market store in Searsport will turn on once again under a new name. The space was purchased by Edwards Brothers Supermarkets. Tozier’s suddenly closed in July and in an interview with TV-5 the owner explained why. “With...
Blue Hill Fair returns for another year
BLUE HILL, Maine (WABI) - The Blue Hill Fair gets underway at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Fairgoers get in for the low price of $1 Thursday. There will be rides, livestock, tractor pulls and live concerts. Nashville country recording artist Aaron Tippin will be among those performing, he takes the...
City of Ellsworth introducing payment plan for seniors affected by 30% tax increase
ELLSWORTH -- The City of Ellsworth is starting a program that aims to help seniors pay off their property taxes. According to Ellsworth tax assessors, a state program for those 65 and older froze property taxes last year. They say the program was repealed for being too expensive and those...
Healthy Acadia’s INSPIRE Recovery Center will host Overdose Awareness Day event
ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) - In 2023, more than 600 Mainers lost their lives to substance overdose. This leaves a lot of grief and trauma in local communities. That’s why Healthy Acadia wants to provide a safe space for those in need on International Overdose Awareness Day. August 31 of...
Around Town 8/30/24: Local News, Culture and Events
Steven Tanguay and Jim Hyland with events tomorrow (Saturday) and in September at the Searsport Shores campground, sponsored by the Maine Makers Guild. Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU’s News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021.
Mac Smith to talk about Mrs. John Jacob Astor at Northeast Harbor Library
MOUNT DESERT — Author and historian Mac Smith will discuss and sign his latest book, “Plain Madeleine: Mrs. John Jacob Astor in Bar Harbor,” at the Northeast Harbor Library on Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Smith's book documents Madeleine Astor’s life and the Astor presence in Bar Harbor, putting her story in the context of Bar Harbor's Golden Age. The program will be offered in person and on Zoom.
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