Local News
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Lincolnville Voters Overturn Police Requirement Charter
- A changed charter could cost Lincolnville's police chief his job. A citizen's petition came forth because members of the community felt a charter, requiring the town to employ a full time police...
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Echoshel Announces New Jobs in Aroostook County
- New jobs are headed for Aroostook County. On Tuesday, Senator Angus King welcomed the news that Ecoshel , a shingle roofing and siding panels production company, intends to create 78 jobs in...
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WABI Celebrates 60 Year Anniversary
- Here at WABI we're celebrating our 60-th anniversary. Tuesday night our Central Maine Bureau marked the occasion. TV5 staff from past and present were on-hand for the event. Long-time TV5...
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Bangor Band Kicks Off Series Indoors
- Rain or shine, the show goes on for the Bangor Band. Their first concert of the season was Tuesday. Guests crowded into an unusual location for the show. The main lobby of the Bangor Public...
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Forum Filled to Better Downtown Bangor
- A community forum filled a Bangor hot spot to capacity Tuesday. Bagel Central kept their doors open late for the Downtown Bangor Partnership. They're a committee made up of local business leaders,...
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Bangor Hydro Warns Customers of Phone Scam
- Bangor Hydro Electric Company is warning its customers to be leery of telephone calls from an individual claiming to be representing the utility and requesting immediate payment. “A series of...
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A Downeast Softball Team Pitching In To Help Oklahoma Tornado Victim
Andi Newby might teach and coach softball Downeast, but her roots are in Moore, Oklahoma. "Well the May 3rd 1999 storm I was actually in that one and it was almost the same track as this last...
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Grant Funds Possible Re-Opening Of Some Frenchman Bay Clam Flats
A community effort to re-open clam flats. 610 acres are closed in Frenchman Bay. The Hancock County Planning Commission, Frenchman Bay Partners and the Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish...
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Rotary Club Gives Grants to Non-Profits
- The Bangor Rotary Club gave more than twenty thousand dollars to five non profit charities Tuesday. The club raised the money during its off-broadway spring musical last April. This year the...
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Orrington Couple Weaves Award-Winning Business
- It may be hard for Kurt and Kathy Cressey to imagine that it's already been fifteen years since they start making baskets. In 1998, while they were running a convenient store in Grand Lake...
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Maine Lawmakers Failed to Override a Veto by Governor LePage but They Will Try Again
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Cutler Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Ripping Off the Federal Government.
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Beer Geeks Visiting Bangor For Festival Featuring Maine Brewers
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Norridgewock Man Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting Four Girls
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Man Accused of Sex Crime on Trial
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Kyle Dube Pleads Not Guilty to Kidnapping and Murder
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Bangor Man Pleads Not Guity to Killing Girlfriend
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Second Person Arrested in Connection with Brewer Robbery
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No Retrial for Former Teacher Accused of Molesting a Girl
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Business Owners Discuss Possible Improvements as Part of Small Business Week
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Video: James Gandolfini: "Sopranos" star dead at 51
James Gandolfini -- the actor who won three Emmys as TV mob boss Tony Soprano -- died while vacationing in Rome, Italy. He was 51. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports.
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Video: Country music star Slim Whitman dies of heart failure
Slim Whitman died Wednesday from heart failure. The singer know for "Indian Love Call" and his trademark yodel was 90-years-old. He once said he hoped to be remembered for two things: a good voice, and a clean suit. Scott Pelley reports.
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Family of abolitionist Frederick Douglass continues his legacy
Ken Morris, descendant of famed abolitionist, talks at schools and educates children about modern-day slavery
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Nuclear waste clean-up delayed and billions over budget
Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is leaking 1,000 gallons of waste each year, and a project to clean it up has stalled
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Video: Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington descendent fights modern-day slavery
Being the descendent of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington could be intimidating for some, but Ken Morris' background inspired him to fight modern-day slavery. Jim Axelrod reports.