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OLD TOWN, Maine — The Old Town Police Department issued a Silver Alert early Thursday morning for a woman from Old Town. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., the Maine Department of Public Safety issued an update noting that the woman was found and is safe.

OLD TOWN (WGME) -- Police are asking for help finding a missing Old Town woman with memory issues who was last seen leaving with an unknown man. Police issued a Silver Alert for 39-year-old Heather Gendreau. She is 5’5”, 145 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She was last...

BANGOR — A Bangor man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. According to the Department of Justice, 30-year-old Nikolas Raines was sentenced to nine years in prison and four years of supervised release. Raines pleaded guilty on June 30, 2021. According to court...

Salty Brick Market has opened at 35 Main Street in downtown Bangor. Talk about a soft opening. One minute the door was locked and closed, and then it wasn’t. Welcome. James Gallagher is the owner. Sound familiar? He also owns Bangin’ Whoopie down the street. The plan was...

A man from Glenburn is dead following a motorcycle accident that took place on Route 15 Tuesday evening. According to the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office, the incident took place directly in front of the Village Variety store. Authorities believe a motorcycle was traveling north along Route 15 and was hit...

OLD TOWN, Maine — UPDATE: Heather Gendreau has been found safe. ORIGINAL STORY: Police in Old Town have issued a Silver Alert for a woman who was last seen Wednesday afternoon. Police say Heather Gendreau is 39 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds with...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A Bangor man was sentenced on Wednesday in federal court for drug trafficking and firearm offenses. Nikolas Raines, 30, will spend nine years in prison and four years on supervised release. Court records say drug agents found fentanyl and a loaded gun when they searched a...

BANGOR – George Stevens Academy basketball’s all time leading scorer Taylor Schildroth will be finishing his college career as a Husson graduate student. Schildroth won three state titles with GSA before taking his talents to the University of Maine in Orono. He played two years there before sitting out in 2021-22, but it didn’t take him long to rediscover the itch.

The boys find some wicked good deals at Marden's, bub!. All together now! "I should have bought it when I saw it at Marden's." These 100% Mainah boys, Troy and Mark, have a Facebook page and YouTube channel, called "Welcome To Maine" that pokes fun at all the things that make the state of Maine so unique to the rest of the country. They have covered it all, from red snapper hot dogs, fiddleheads, whoopie pies, ticks, Italian sandwiches, Stephen King's house, Paul Bunyan, and Allen's Coffee Brandy, so it was only a matter of time before Marden's made the cut.

Two incredibly popular, and quite large, retail stores may soon be planting new roots in Maine's Capital city. According to the Kennebec Journal, their are currently documents that have been placed on file with the City of Augusta that reveal the two retail giants have shown interest in the building that used to house Sears at the Turnpike Mall.

TRENTON — This past weekend, amateur or “ham” radio operators simulated a national communications disaster, and how radio is used in emergencies when other lines of digital communication are rendered unusable. On the weekend of June 25 and 26, Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association (EAWA) members participated in...

BANGOR, Maine — A 27-count incitement charging 16 individuals from Maine, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey was released Tuesday from the federal grand jury in New Haven, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut's Office. 33-year-old Marsha Watson of Bangor was among...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) -Bangor officials are asking the public to weigh-in on possible changes to public transportation in the city. Several people spoke out during a meeting earlier about the new Bus Stop Designation Project for the Community Connector. The project would change the Community Connector service from flag stops...

GLENBURN, Maine — The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook Tuesday evening that they are investigating a serious motorcycle crash in Glenburn. The incident reportedly occurred on Route 15 near the Village Variety Store. The crash involves a motorcycle and automobile, according to the post. The Glenburn Fire...

ORRINGTON — Firefighters responded to a house fire in Orrington around 6:15 Wednesday evening for a dryer that caught fire. Homeowner Edward Miller says firefighters arrived quickly after he and his son called 911. Miller says he always cleans out the lint from his dryer, but knows things like...

BANGOR, Maine — After long discussion, the Bangor City Council will now increase the city’s allowance to implement boarding houses. An ordinance passed Monday night will allow a number of boarding houses to open on major roads such as Hammond Street, Union Street, and Broadway. Boarding houses typically...

OLD TOWN, Maine — The Old Town Police Department issued a Silver Alert early Thursday morning for Heather Gendreau, 39, of Old Town. Gendreau has memory issues, according to a release from Maine State Police. The release stated that she is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 145 pounds,...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Lobster Roll Day is by far the busiest day of the year for Governor’s Restaurants. But it’s not just customers who don’t want to miss out. Governor’s employees can’t seem to stay away, either. “I just come back and play. This...