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Hampden police seek driver in hit-and-run mailbox destruction
HAMPDEN — Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident that left a mailbox in ruins on Main Rd North around 11:48 a.m. on Thursday. A witness reported a silver Toyota 4Runner, heading north, colliding with the mailbox on the northbound side of the road before continuing towards Bangor. Debris from...
Charity golf tournament to benefit Bangor Humane Society
HERMON -- Next month, golfers will take a swing at helping out Maine's furry friends. On August 10, the Hermon Meadow Golf Club will host its 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Bangor Humane Society. Funds will go towards supporting the shelter's animals. It's the kind of help...
Old Town offering free summer movies, barbecues
OLD TOWN -- City officials in Old Town are making efforts to ensure locals can have some fun in the park this summer. Every week, the city is screening free family-friendly movies and hosting a monthly barbecue free of charge, all to get people out and about in old town.
Syringes Found In Bottles & Cans Prompts New Policy For Brewer Business
It's no secret that the issue of finding needles in places they should not be has become more and more of a problem in Eastern Maine, specifically in the Bangor and Brewer areas. It's even gotten to the point that the City of Bangor has teamed up with some local...
Maine & Rhode Island Artists Receive 2024 Rebecca Blunk Fund Awards
(Boston, MA) The New England Foundation for the Arts is pleased to announce the 2024 awardees of the Rebecca Blunk Fund: Shey Rivera Rios of Providence, RI, and Sarah Sockbeson of Kingfield, ME. Each recipient receives $5,000 in unrestricted funding. In 2014, NEFA established The Rebecca Blunk Fund in memory...
Over $70M in federal dollars coming to Maine for coastal resilience, rural energy
Curt Brown’s alarm went off at 4 a.m. Friday. He woke up his son and the two grabbed some bait from Custom House Wharf in Portland before setting out to haul in a couple hundred lobster traps. Their catch was dropped off by 11 a.m. at Maine State Pier. “This is the working waterfront of […]
Coordinated campaign aims to crack down on speeders in Mass., N.H., and Maine
National highway administrators remind drivers to slow down and reach their destination safely. A regional task force organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working with local law enforcement to stop speeding in its tracks. Officials from the NHTSA, law enforcement representatives, and highway safety officials from...
Pleasant and comfortable conditions ahead
PORTLAND, Maine — It is a beautiful Friday across Maine. Today, we'll have highs in the 80s for most of the state, with dry conditions and low humidity. Conditions are great for a beach day. This evening, we will be mostly clear, with temperatures in the upper 50s and reaching the 60s closer to the coast.
'This is our best option:' Maine farmers turn to solar energy due to contaminated fields
ARUNDEL (WGME) – PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, have been nothing short of disastrous for hundreds of Maine farmers. It's ruined their land, made their cattle, milk and eggs unsafe to eat and left many farmers with serious health problems. "This farm has been in our family since...
One of the Last RadioShacks in Maine Announces It Will Close
In the early '80s, there was a boom of RadioShack stores opening in Maine, partially thanks to the growing home computer business. My first PC was a Tandy 1000EX with a built-in 5 1/4" floppy disk drive, bought at RadioShack. We had a store open up locally in Oxford, and...
Maine attorney general files complaint against couple for racist harassment of neighbors
BATH, Maine — Maine's attorney general has filed a civil rights complaint against a couple he said targeted their Black immigrant neighbors for months with a campaign of racist harassment. Attorney General Aaron Frey is using the complaint to ask a court to bar the Bath residents from having...
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