Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 23rd of August.
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🏘️ Community
Pine Hill Golf Course held the annual Adam MacDonald Memorial M-D-A tournament Saturday morning where a four-person best-ball event raised funds for muscular dystrophy research.
The event honored MacDonald, who with his mother raised over $250,000 for the cause, and featured Bangor Professional Firefighters on the course.
Welcome To Housing furnished homes for 903 households and 1,807 people in 2024 and earned an award from SCORE’s northern Maine chapter.
Executive director Chris Olsen said the nonprofit will host volunteer events to further help those in need.
🎭 Culture
Boston-based Witch Hunt Theatre is performing its site-specific thriller Closer Than You’d Think over the next two weekends in Bangor — a unique production set in a house using phone call dialogue that offers an intimate experience.
Tickets are limited due to the venue’s small size.
🎓 Education
Local rocketeers had a chance to design, build, and launch model rockets on Saturday outside Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor.
Partnering with Challenger Learning Center, organizers hope the event becomes a tradition to spark interest in space exploration among youth.
🏛️ Government
Independent gubernatorial candidate Rick Bennett laced up his sneakers to visit local residents and small businesses at the Orono Farmers Market today after starting his walking tour in Aroostook, and his campaign trail will continue across Maine to Kittery next week.
📰 Lifestyle
A local resident (with nearly 30 years of experience) reports a bumper crop of wild highbush blueberries this summer, and picking continues on private and public lands as the season winds down in early September.
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