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Can’t Get a Job? You Can Get New Training as a Volunteer Fire Fighter

 

Volunteer fire and EMS departments throughout the country are struggling to attract volunteers.  A problem brought to our attention by Carmel's Fire Chief, Michael Azevedo.

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How Newspaper Front Pages Covered the Boston Bombings

Yesterday's twin bombings at the Boston Marathon dominated the front pages of newspapers everywhere. We gathered a few from the Newseum for you to take a look at how various publications across the country shared the story.

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Mainers Describe Boston Marathon Experience Marred By Explosions

More than 200 Mainers ran in Monday's Boston Marathon, which was marred by two explosions a little more than four hours into the race.

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Small Business Person of the Year Announced in Maine

Maine’s Small Business person of the year is named for 2013 and the award goes to Matthew Qualey, President and Project Manager of Qualey Granite and Stone Fabrication.

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Hike For the Homeless Saturday in Bangor

Want to show your support for the people who spend their lives helping the homeless? Saturday is your chance to do that and to tell homelessness to "Take a Hike!" The annual Hike for the Homeless is happening Saturday and organizers would love to have you join them!

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13th Annual Slim Clark Memorial Scholarship Show (Video)

It's that time of year again! Time for a celebration of bluegrass, in memory of a man whose life was all about music. Time to gather together to play, listen, remember, and raise money to further the futures of the next generation. The 13th Annual Slim Clark Memorial Scholarship Show will be held Saturday, May 4th in Hartland!

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More is Revealed About the Life of the “North Pond Hermit”

47 year old Christopher Knight is an urban legend of sorts, known by folks in Rome, Maine only as the "North Pond Hermit."

After living in the central Maine woods as a recluse for twenty-seven years, Knight is now in jail charged with burglary and theft. State police say Knight has used the Pine Tree Camp in Rome as a "store" of sorts over the years.

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A Musical Extravaganza Benefits Five Charities [VIDEO]

If you love song and dance, this is one community show you don't want to miss!

For the past eight years the Bangor Noontime Rotary Club has coordinated this musical extravaganza as a way to provide the community with an entertaining show while raising money for charities

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Monty Rand Photography

Corkum Named Interim Head Hockey Coach; Whitehead ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Not Surprised’ by Firing [AUDIO]

The University of Maine announced Wednesday the appointment of Bob Corkum as interim head coach of the men's hockey team, one day after the firing of longtime coach Tim Whitehead. Corkum, a former captain of the Black Bears and NHL player, had been an assistant under Whitehead for the past four years.

Meanwhile, Whitehead addressed the media for the first time since university officials fired him on Wednesday, citing a decline in the once-storied program.

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Fatal Stabbing in Bangor has Police Working with Attorney General’s Office

One man is dead after a stabbing in Bangor.

Bangor Police Sgt. Paul Edwards says they were called to outer Ohio Street last night around 6 p.m. and found a man bleeding in the parking lot. He died later at Eastern Maine Medical Center.

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