Bryan Sidelinger
Multimedia Journalist
Bangor, Me
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A year round resident of beautiful Bar Harbor in Acadia National Park. I'm also a knower of all things New England Patriots, a golf junkie, and rueben sandwich connoisseur. I also hold the distinction of being the only person in 1996 who foresaw the timelessness of the song "Return of the Mack."
Education
Awards
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The owners of Crazy Sumo have been working in the hibachi restaurant business for nearly a decade.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:10 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Many Mainers spent at least a little time cleaning snow off their vehicles Monday, but car dealerships across the state spent a lot of time cleaning off entire car lots.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 12:29 AM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Bryan Sidelinger and Connor Magliozzi have highlights of games that didn’t get snowed out, and take a look back at an unprecedented week for 1,000 point scorers in Maine high school basketball.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Central’s Izzy Allen became the fourth Maine player in less than a week to hit a thousand points for her career.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Brianna Townsend had a benchmark moment in her field hockey career Thursday, simply by signing her name.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 11:41 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Mercier finished the game with 24 points to lead the way, as Ellsworth stayed unbeaten on the season with a 72-62 win over Foxcroft Academy.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 7:26 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Oakhurst is giving away $2,500 in grants, with the goal of inspiring schools and communities to help build a stronger and healthier world together.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 7:22 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
As they’ve done since 2019, Aroma Joe’s is offering a free 16-ounce hot or iced cup of coffee to celebrate.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 2:34 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Ark Animal Shelter’s new space will more than double the amount of kennels for dogs, and provide more space for cats, and according to the staff will make day-to-day operations much easier.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 4:59 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The center is a family-focused, state-of-the-art facility that includes combined labor, delivery and recovery suites, with plenty of space for a support person to stay overnight.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 5:30 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
There’s good news for people living on the Blue Hill peninsula who are struggling to afford wood to heat their homes this winter.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 9:06 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
At 12:44 Sunday morning, Jude Owen Dow became what’s believed to be the first baby born in Maine in 2023 at Lincoln Health Miles Memorial in Damariscotta.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A new clinic in Ellsworth has opened its doors offering one-on-one help for those looking for help with addiction.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 7:27 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
It’s a chance for locals to get out and patronize some of their favorite spots.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 6:56 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Through it all, Massicotte says she refused to leave her home to stay somewhere else.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 4:25 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Sarah Lesko has taken over the position after a months long search by the library to fill the position.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 4:15 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
While many Mainers still don’t have power back, there are places available for people to charge their phones, cook a hot meal, or just get out of a cold house and go someplace warm for an afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Once the rain and wind from the storm have subsided, Mainers will have temperatures below freezing to deal with, and that can mean trouble in the way of slick roads and frozen pipes.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
After a successful campaign to help feed families over the Thanksgiving holiday, Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth has decided to turn its attention to the need that still exists once the holidays are over.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 1:44 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
According to AAA, this is expected to be the third busiest year for holiday travel since the organization began tracking it in 2000.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 4:56 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
According to AAA, this is expected to be the third busiest year for holiday travel since the organization began tracking it in 2000.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 8:38 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The show features dozens of larger-than-life holiday themed displays.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 5:29 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
There are officially five full shopping days left before Christmas, so if you haven’t finished all your shopping, there’s still time.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
he Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual city-wide Ugly Christmas Sweater Day.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 4:14 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
If you’re gift hunting at 5 Main Street in Blue Hill, you might not realize you’re shopping at three stores in one.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
“We’ll mourn these young men and their memory. We will never forget them, and this moment in the history of Maine Maritime Academy. They were lost way too soon, and before their watch was over.”
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Steve Powell and Barbara Baron Gifford say they’re retiring on a high note.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 7:37 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Torrey’s are afraid Zuko was stolen and are offering a $2,000 reward for anyone who can bring him home.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 6:28 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Downeast Horizons Christmas Party means there are lots of things to be excited about, but at its core, it means the best things about Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
For the first time in four decades, the Ellsworth Christmas parade was held in the evening over the weekend.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 7:54 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
75 vendors- some from as far as two hours away are in the malls lobby, selling hand made goods that will fit under tree.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 7:24 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The first annual Woodlawn Turkey Trot offered runners and walkers a one-and-a-half mile course around the trails and lower-front fields of the museum.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 5:59 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Momo’s Cheesecake in Ellsworth has always been famous for their cheesecake of course, but in the past they’ve also made fudge for holidays or upon special request.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Even though the weather didn’t cooperate, the hospital held a “Topping Off” ceremony to highlight the moment in the progress of the new facilities construction.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department is putting together a fundraiser they hope will raise tens of thousands of dollars to help citizens in need cover home heating costs this winter.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 5:15 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Momo’s Cheesecake in Ellsworth made a sizable donation to Northern Light Health Maine Coast Hospital Tuesday morning.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 5:50 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Maine Seacoast Mission was recently awarded a grant for $120,000 from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation to fund the Mission’s Community and Family Engagement program based at its Downeast campus in Cherryfield.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
If you or someone you know needs help putting presents under the tree this year, Maine Seacoast Mission is there for you.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 5:40 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
This Saturday, Stanley Subaru and Eastern Area Agency on Aging will hold a donation drive for pet food and litter for EAAA’s Furry Friends Food Bank, to celebrate the kickoff of the 2022 Subaru Share the Love event.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 11:52 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Skowhegan, Medomak Valley and Foxcroft Academy advance to State Title games.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:11 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Ellsworth High School band will embark on trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday to play for the entire nation.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 6:07 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Some major changes are coming to Bar Harbor’s tourist season.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 6:55 PM EST
|By Bryan Sidelinger
His goal was to walk from the western most point in the U.S. to the eastern most point, and this weekend Isaiah Shields will reach that goal.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 8:53 PM EDT
|By Ben Barr and Bryan Sidelinger
Soccer, field hockey titles awarded
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 12:06 AM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Throughout the month, Families First will be raising awareness about the organization’s needs in keeping with its mission to break the cycle of homelessness.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 12:03 AM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The trick? Getting all six numbers right. And the treat? A very delicious $1 billion.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 6:02 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
For the first time, Maine students are participating in the “Adopt a Cow” program; a National Program run by ‘Discover Dairy” in Pennsylvania.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Terwilliger Family light show has been an annual Christmas event, and this year starts a new tradition for Halloween. The public is invited to the Terwilliger home to park in front of the house and tune their car radio in to listen to the music that goes with the light show.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The event was originally scheduled to be held at Woodlawn as the “Terror Trail,” but construction and limited parking at Woodlawn moved the event back inside the theater.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A new athletic training facility is open for business in Ellsworth.
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