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West Bay Rotary Backpack Program to help local kids
It’s that time of year again and West Bay Rotary’s Backpack Program is back for the 2024-25 school year, thanks again to Rotarian Barbara Heard. Fourteen years ago In 2012, Heard had the idea of finding backpacks for students who needed one and she single-handedly started and has been the driving force of a program that has continues to provide brand new backpacks to needy students at the start of the new school year. In 2015, she approached L.L. Bean, who generously donated 50 new backpacks. They have continued to donate backpacks every year since then. (Thank you, LL Bean!)
Police: Speeding driver hits bicyclist, ignites fire after multi-vehicle Scarborough crash
SCARBOROUGH (WGME) - A Rumford man is facing numerous charges after police say he committed multiple hit-and-run crashes and appeared to intentionally hit a bicyclist before causing a final fiery crash in Scarborough. At 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, the police responded to a report of a hit-and-run on Route...
Watch from a bear's eye view: Bear eats sunflower seeds, takes bird feeder camera
You have heard of a bird's-eye view, but what about a bear's-eye view?. Bears are very active in Maine, and a man from New Gloucester has the video to prove it after a black bear walked off with his camera. See the bear mischief in the video above. Jeff Meissner...
Big Change Coming to Popular Airline Serving Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts
Over the last few decades, we have seen the airline industry change a lot. Just after September 11, we saw a series of new safety regulations put in place. These were, of course, done in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. A few years later, we began to see...
Bowdoin's Alex Grand'Pierre finishes fourth in Olympic race, fails to reach semifinals
PARIS, France — Bowdoin College's Alexandre Grand'Pierre became the third member of his family to swim for Haiti in the Olympics after his 100-meter breaststroke race Saturday morning. His sister Naomy was the first woman to swim for Haiti in the Olympics and did so in 2016. Emilie represented...
The Average Maine Home Now Costs Over $400,000 for the First Time
Maine smashes another record for home sales. Maine has set yet another record, because last month, the average sale price of a home in June of 2024, was $406,000 – the highest ever. That's according to the Press Herald, which gets their data from the Maine Association of Realtors.
Maine Seeks Input on Whether Moose Hunt Should Be Changed
For many people in and around Maine, hunting season is an annual tradition that gets them as excited as Christmas Day. For those who truly enjoy the sport, entering the moose lottery is more exciting than playing the Megabucks. But over the last several years, the Maine Department of Inland...
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