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Rockland police respond to mental health concern
ROCKLAND, Maine — The Rockland Police Department responded to a complaint of an "unknown person" suspected of damaging a propane gas line outside an apartment complex on Main Street, Saturday evening. Rockland Maine Fire & EMS Department was called to assist regarding a possible gas leak or fire hazard,...
Will Bangor, Maine’s ‘Spirit Halloween’ Switch to ‘Spirit Christmas’?
I have friends that take Halloween super seriously. I love the idea of Halloween, but I don't really participate. I remember when my wife and I bought our first house, we were all-in on the idea of handing out candy, not knowing that we had moved into a neighborhood that was basically Halloween Central. I made three trips to the store, trying to keep up. The next year, we shut off the lights and watched scary movies in the basement living room, hahaha.
Hurricane Could Change Travel Plans This Week Says Bangor International Airport
The southern U.S. is bracing for yet another big storm this week. Hurricane Milton, which the Weather Channel says has recently been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, is set to make landfall by the middle of the week. Experts say that travel in and out of that region, already...
Voting is Open for the Week 5 High School Athlete of the Week
Voting is now open for the Week 5 High School Athlete of the Week for performances September 30 October 28. Voting will remain open through Thursday October 10th at 11:59 p.m. We will announce the winner on Friday, October 11th. They will join Jackson Faulkingham from the Belfast Foortball Team, the Week 4 Winner, Reed Pambianco from the GSA Boy's Soccer Team, the Week 3 Winner, Nathan Baker from the Old Town High School Golf Team, the Week 2 Winner and Kal Laslie from the Ellsworth Boy's Soccer Team who was the Week 1 High School Athlete of the Week.
Registration is Open Now for the Magical Maine Witch Walk 2024
Put on your dancing shoes and grab your broom for the Maine Witch Walk, later this month. Maine Witch Walk is Open to All Ages, Witches, Warlocks, and Mortals. This event is not exclusive to witches. Warlocks are welcome, as well, to put on their best witch/warlock duds and join the fun on the Bangor Waterfront on Saturday, October 26th. It's open to all ages, too, so the young ones can don their pointy hats and get ready to dance.
Firefighters still on hand more than a week after start of trash fire in Maine
ORRINGTON, Maine (AP) — It’s going to take about two weeks to remove smoldering debris from a Maine town’s trash incinerator after a fire burned in the waste for a week, officials said Tuesday. Firefighters have been stationed continuously at the trash incinerator, which was foreclosed upon in 2023 and bought by Eagle Point Energy Center, since the fire started on Oct. 1. They remained on hand to douse hotspots. Eagle Point suggested a lithium battery started the fire, but the fire chief said the cause of the blaze may never be known. The 6,000 tons (5,443 metric tons) of trash is being removed from a 200-by-400-foot (60-by-120 meter) building in Orrington, a town on the Penobscot River, where the fire started, said Chris Backman, town manager. At one point, smoke from the fire prompted the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to issue an air quality alert. It was deemed to be acceptable this week.
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