Bryan Sidelinger

Previous plans had called for student athletes to only keep eligibility if they played in no more than half of their teams games, which would’ve included post season play.

Waterville is one of two Maine teams out of the 23 around the country that were recognized nationally.

Waldo county has also been designated yellow by the Department of Education, so the meet has been moved from its usual track in Belfast to the Quarry Road Trails in Waterville.

The designation effectively ends the fall sports season for schools in those counties.

There’s no charge to enter this terror-dome, but they are asking for donations to help support Penobscot firefighter Jim Flannery, who’s been diagnosed with ALS.

UMaine COOP cosponsors workshop on virtual facilitation.

The center will bring back about 50 minimum security inmates, community service, and more than two dozen jobs to Washington County when it opens next August.

The Sunbeam V is back at its slip in Northeast Harbor for the first time since May of 2019. The ship has been at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast for a retrofit of the steel hull which was beginning to rust from the inside out.

Back in May, the Eastport Municipal Airport received a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program for $5.8 million dollars. Tuesday, the airport broke ground on a new runway that will include improved lighting. And that’s just the start.

The Professional Logging Contractors of Maine will hold its annual Log-A-Load for Maine Kids Auction as a virtual event this year.

Acadia National Park is almost at the halfway point of its pilot program that requires vehicle reservations to drive up Cadillac Mountain or to go through the Sand Beach Entrance Station, the park’s two most visited areas.

The SPCA of Hancock County is hosting a ‘Welcome Back’ Open House for the public Saturday. and it’s going to be quite an event.

‘Ask Leroy’ is an online video series sharing knowledge about the fishing industry on the Maine Coast. It features 78-year-old Captain Leroy Weed of Stonington taking questions from callers about all things fishing, and giving back the insight of a man who’s spent his entire life here on the water.

Dozens of schools from around the state have moved to online streaming services- so that fans can see the games.

High School Fall sports are getting ready to start their seasons. Like anything else in 2020, they’re going to look a little different this year. None more than football.

Maine Justice Foundation launching a Racial Justice Fund.

The order would impose criminal penalties on landlords who violate the ban.

An MDI swimmer braving the ocean waters today for a cause. As Bryan Sidelinger tells us, the hope is others may find her passion for the water...

Fall high school sports athletes gain hope from MPA meeting.

The Maine Principals Association will decide on the future of fall sports in 2020 on Thursday.

According to the Portland Press Herald, the Department of Education has sent a letter to the Maine Principals association, saying Community Sports guidelines set by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development are more in line with the playing of high school sports than stricter guidelines for return to school physical education classes set by the DOE.

At a Media Advisory Committee meeting Wednesday morning, Maine Principals Association Executive Director Mike Burnham said the MPA will have a decision about the future of fall high school sports in 2020.

A decision by the Maine Principals Association on whether or not high schools will be allowed to play fall sports is expected soon.

Winslow High School has announced it will forward Wes Littlefield and Peter Bolduc to be approved as interim-co-head coaches for the 2020 football season.

UMaine Athletic Director Ken Ralph talks about the present- and future- of athletics at the university in a time that remains anything but normal.

Nothing says green energy like powering a town by putting a solar array on an old, otherwise useless landfill. That’s what the little town of Tremont, on the southwest corner of MDI, has done.

Nearly every business has been affected by the pandemic. Maybe none more than the roadside motel.

Despite reports that up to 35 out-of-state visitors could have carried and unknowingly spread COVID-19 on MDI, the Downeast COVID-19 Task Force says the extreme safety precautions in place are working to mitigate the spread of the virus.

Beals made an official announcement on Sunday about their closing, but they haven’t decided exactly when their last day will be.

The Islesboro Crossing fundraiser is a little different this summer.

The camp is traditionally held at UMaine Machias, but like most events this summer, it had to modify its a program a bit.

With some help from the Maine Old Cemetery Association, they’ve put a pretty good dent in the project already.

MacKenzie Schors was once a patient in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Now she's raising money for the NICU and the Children's Miracle Network.

FirstNet is a national broadband network that prioritizes first responders.

Maine Maritime Academy was forced to move a training ship to Searsport after noise complaints from residents near it's home port in Castine.

Painters found beauty in social distancing in Acadia National Park.

Bar Harbor has installed mailboxes which contain masks that are free for the taking to anyone who needs one.