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."
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Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Cruise ships anchored along the coast of Maine in the fall are nothing new, but this week, there’s been a new kind of cruise ship making its debut on Maine’s coast.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The annual Autumn Gold Weekend in Ellsworth is a chance to promote shopping local in Downeast Maine,
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Most students across Maine have already been back to school for two weeks, but students in RSU 24 didn’t start until Monday, and for now, classes are being held remotely.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
After a 20-year-old Massachusetts woman was swept off the rocks at Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park Saturday, the park is once again reminding people about safety and respecting the elements in the park.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 11:55 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Doing so would raise $10,000-worth of food or monetary donations.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:42 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Grand theater in Ellsworth is making plans for this year’s Halloween “Terror Trail.”
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Preservation of historic buildings across the state are moving forward with help from more than $290,000 in grants from the Maine Community Foundation.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The SPCA of Hancock County in Trenton has announced a special collaboration with First National Bank and area charitable families for a donation matching campaign.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
NASA is set to launch its Artemis rocket Saturday after scrubbing a launch earlier this week.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:33 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Officials at Acadia National Park believe this summer’s visitation numbers will be the second highest in park history, just behind last year’s numbers.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:12 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Starting Sept. 11, the Vanceboro Port of Entry will no longer be open 24-hours.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The supermarket chain says their pharmacists are available for parents who have questions about preparing children for immunizations or any other concerns they may have regarding kids and the flu shot or the COVID vaccine.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 6:33 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
If you had your toes in the sand while sitting next to the water on Tuesday, you were celebrating National Beach Day.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Class two and three electric motors aren’t allowed on Acadia National Park’s carriage roads, but class one motors are.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Horse drawn carriage tours on Acadia National Parks’ historic carriage roads have been made more easily accessible for people who use wheelchairs.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Blue Hill Farmers Market has been accepting SNAP payments all summer long in an effort to expand food access to the community.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A Northfield man convicted of three counts of murder as well as aggravated attempted murder and aggravated assault was sentenced in a Machias courtroom on Friday.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Woodlands Lane Apartments has 24 units ranging from one, two, and three bedrooms, and is less than a mile from the lab’s Bar Harbor campus.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 12:18 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A Troy woman convicted of killing her infant son was in Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast for a post conviction hearing on Thursday, hoping to have that conviction overturned.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Three area schools are getting new water filtration systems after testing revealed high PFAS levels last spring.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Hancock County residents are invited to wrap up their summer with a free tour of the Woodlawn Museum this weekend.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
If you’re from away, any tour that includes a boat ride, seals, and Maine’s second tallest lighthouse is bound to be fun. But throw in a chance to haul a lobster trap under the guidance of a real-life commercial fisherman, and the tour becomes more than just a good time on the water.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Partners for Peace, a non-profit domestic violence resource center in Bangor, finished up a two-day workshop on Wednesday focused on the intersection of domestic violence and HIV and AIDS.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The driver whose vehicle struck and killed three pedestrians in Augusta admitted on Wednesday in court to three counts of motor vehicle violation resulting in death, which are civil violations.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Grand Theater in Ellsworth is holding a one-of-a-kind fundraiser on Sunday where live theater will mix with a live auction.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A Mehta table is a specialized medical table used to treat infantile scoliosis through a series of casts that de-rotate and straighten the spine.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Harry Potter’s birthday may have been July 31, but that didn’t stop kids in Northeast Harbor from having a belated birthday party on Monday.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the Maine Lobster Festival has returned to Rockland.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The virus can start with flu like symptoms, but eventually, a person with monkeypox develops a rash that can spread all over the body.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
There have been six homicides in Washington County since November, 10 since the start of 2020.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The second annual “Big Dog 100″ takes place night Saturday, honoring Mike “Big Dog” Lynch.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The week-long ideas festival welcomes experts from around the world to share their perspectives on some of the most pressing issues.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 4:09 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A restaurant that had anchored the downtown dining scene in Ellsworth for more than a decade has decided to close its doors for good.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 11:08 AM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger and Mark Rediker
At last check, Tuesday night’s Mega Millions jackpot stands at $830 million.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Maine Game Wardens are getting ready for a matchup versus their peers from New Hampshire at Hadlock Field in Portland Saturday night.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A new pizza place in Ellsworth that opened just over two weeks ago has been so busy, they’re going through nearly 400 pounds of pizza dough a day.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
There’s still time to donate to the City of Ellsworth’s Christmas in July Toy Drive.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Healthy Peninsula in Blue Hill has been working to improve the health of Blue Hill and surrounding communities since 2001.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 7:40 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
“Serendipity” is defined as “The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.”
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The National Wildlife Federation is asking mayors of towns and cities all over the country to sign a pledge to help save the endangered Monarch butterfly.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:24 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
After the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor kicked off its capital campaign for expansion, some of its younger library card holders decided they wanted to help raise some funds as well.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Grand Theater in Ellsworth turns 84 years old on Wednesday, and it’s celebrating by rolling out a full schedule of events for the coming year.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 8:26 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
Eighty blankets in total have been delivered to the Mary Dow Center at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital and the Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center in Ellsworth.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The ‘Ghosts of Fort Knox’ guided tour with 207 Paranormal is a bit more than just a walk through the fort while a guide tells ghost stories.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 11:25 AM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
A shortage of counselors has forced dozens of kids in the Ellsworth area to miss out on Camp Discovery this summer.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
When it comes to birds, the rare one is always the most exciting to see. On Monday, parade watchers in Deer Isle were certainly excited to see Jimmy Cook.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 5:07 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
People from around the world will be in Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor for the upcoming July 4th weekend.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
More than 100 Maine seafood dealers and processors have been awarded more than $15 million in grants through the Seafood Dealer and Processor COVID-19 Response and Resilience Program.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
The Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center in Ellsworth will have a new Executive Director starting Monday.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Bryan Sidelinger
With the 4th of July weekend now just days away, officials at Acadia National Park are offering some tips and reminders for anyone headed to the park for the holiday.
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