April 22, 2013 A group looking to raise awareness about Pancreatic Cancer will be planting pretty purple flowers in Brewer this week. Stop by to help out, learn more about the Purple Iris Foundation, and maybe even take home a flower of your own!
April 19, 2013 As we all sit glued to our televisions and radios, waiting for news on the manhunt in Boston, a new term is being discussed. People are being asked to "shelter in place," or stay in their homes until police sound the "all clear." Obviously, our world is changing as terrorism has come to our home soil, and we need to make sure we're prepared for what comes next.
April 18, 2013 As you do your spring cleaning this year, keep a special event in Bangor in mind. Get rid of your old televisions, computer monitors, microwaves, answering machines, etc at the Challenger Learning Center's annual E-Fair!
April 9, 2013 The University of Maine announced today that Tim Whitehead has been fired from his job as head coach for the Maine Black Bears Men's Hockey Team. University officials say they will buy out the remaining year of his contract and begin the search for a new head coach.
April 9, 2013 April is Sexual Assault Awareness month in the United States. The goal is to raise public awareness about sexual assault and to educate communities and individuals about how to prevent sexual violence.
March 27, 2013 The Parent Teacher Organizations from all of Bangor's Elementary Schools have joined together to try and purchase iPads for all of the city's elementary school classrooms. They have several fundraisers going on, including free coffee and an auction!
March 26, 2013 Meet Hampden Academy student, 17-year-old Anthony "Tony" Cote.
He's a young man on a mission to support an organization near and dear to his heart, and he's going about it in a fun and entertaining way
March 25, 2013 It's been a work in progress for three years now. A collaboration of effort between education officials and law enforcement agencies in three Maine counties in an effort to improve law enforcements response in the event of a school emergency
March 12, 2013 When a recent necropsy on a leatherback turtle revealed a collection of plastics in the stomach of the marine animal, it caused one student to wonder.
How can you possibly help people understand how trash in our oceans threaten marine life?
March 6, 2013 Students at Unity College are working with the Department of Inland, Fisheries, and Wildlife to learn more about Maine bears. And they're asking for folks who live in a specific part of the state to report any sightings they may have. It sounds like an interesting project, that will include attaching a bear cam to one of the animals!
