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Electro Magnetic Pulse, or EMP, has been identified as a possible threat to our electric infrastructure and one way an EMP can occur is as the result of a solar flare.

Currently NASA is monitoring massive solar flares that have erupted from the sun over the past few days. Luckily, the coronal mass ejections have not been directed toward earth but many scientists worry that if a powerful flare is directed toward earth it could have a major impact on the electric power system.

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Police have expanded their search for a missing Glenburn girl, enlisting the help of several outside law enforcement agencies including the FBI and the Maine Warden Service.

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Scarborough police say they have confirmation from the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department that the name of a missing girl from Glenburn is on a national missing persons list. Nichole Cable was last seen in her driveway on Sunday evening, when she told her mother she was meeting up with someone she knows.

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This Sunday, May 19th, The Low XII Riders, the Central/Northern Maine Chapter of the Widow's Sons Masonic Motorcycle Riders Association will host the 2nd Annual Marvin Tarbox Memorial Ride, and all are invited to attend!

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The BIG Kickoff Celebration for what will be the amazing new Knowlton Community Park is this Sunday (5/19) between 1 and 4pm!  The location will be right there at the current park on State Street in Ellsworth!  It's free and everyone is invited to attend!

Twenty five years ago folks in the Ellsworth area got together to build the Jump Playground,  and yes I was one of those people  on site that day with hammer in hand

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A mother desperate to find her daughter has turned to police and social media to get help.

Kristine Wiley says her 15 year old daughter has not been heard from since Sunday night.

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So what do you think happens if you have a medical emergency and the fire department responds, but you can’t make it to the door?

Brewer Deputy Fire Chief Ralph Cammack says you have two options

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A man upset because his girlfriend was leaving him and taking his children was talked down from a bridge by a Bangor Police Officer.

In a press release Bangor Police say Officer Derek Laflin was called to the report of a despondent man on the outside railing of the Valley Avenue Bridge last night around 9:30.

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When was the last time you stopped by a Farmers' Market? If it's been a while, you'll be surprised at all the products you can buy there! And finding the market nearest to you is easy with the Get Real Maine directory.

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"The hearts and minds of our enemy are more valuable to this Government than my son's blood," states Karen Vaughn, mother of U.S. Navy Seal, Aaron Vaugh who was killed with other members of the now famous Seal Team 6 when the chopper they were in was shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan, in August of 2011.

Karen Vaughn's statement came as part of her riveting testimony at a press conference held this week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Karen and her husband were joined at the press conference by other family members of our slain special operations soldiers, retired military Generals, Admirals, former Seals, and Congressmen to speak out as a unified "whistle-blower" group, unified in its message.

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