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Brewer man and his pet parrot Phat Chicken become local celebrities
BREWER (WGME) -- A Brewer man is turning heads with his feathered friend. Durby St. George says he takes his pet parrot everywhere attracting a lot of attention around the Bangor area. They are an unlikely duo. He says a local pet shop was closing so the owners asked him...
Author Robert Spencer discusses third book in ‘The Lizzie Millett Series’
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - “Francena Hallett’s Heart, A Novel of Romances and Revenge” is the third title in Robert W. Spencer’s “The Lizzie Millett Series.”. The author says Francena was born in the first novel “The Spinster’s Hope Chest” (2018). He says she is a teenager in the second novel “PROSPECTS, Mining Maine for Riches” (2020) living with her aunt Lizzie in Westbrook and learning to be a dressmaker. In the third novel, the author says Francena is in her mid-twenties, earning a good living as a seamstress, but decides that she also wants to have a family.
‘Straight No Chaser’ performing at Collins Center for the Arts this weekend
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A cappella group “Straight No Chaser” will be performing in Orono at Collins Center for the Arts on May 11 at 8 p.m. It is their second to last date on their “Yacht Rock” tour. For more information, click here.
Together Place seeks writer submissions
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center in Bangor is accepting submissions for their Periscope Writing Contest. These original, unpublished works must be in English, can be of any genre, and up to a maximum of 1,500 words. Over the years, the contest has given those who...
Fiber artists participate in wool challenge to raise money for cancer patients
BANGOR -- The Mainely Spinners are a team of knitters passionate about fiber arts and helping others. On Saturday, they competed in an international challenge to handcraft a wool sweater after shearing a sheep by hand and spinning the wool into yarn. "Squirrelly Dan - that's the name of the...
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