Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 5th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Bangor Adapted Baseball held its annual Local Heroes & Celebrity Game on Sunday, Oct.
4 at Mansfield Stadium. First responders, former Navy SEALs and local celebrities played with adapted athletes to honor community service.
Community members ran the 14th Annual Pound the Pavement 5K color run on Sunday along the Bangor waterfront where over 500 participants were doused in colored powder.
Funds raised will support the Purple Iris Foundation to help families affected by cancer.
🎭 Culture
The Maine Forest and Logging Museum held its annual Living History Day today in Bangor, showcasing colonial-era cooking, blacksmithing & fiber arts as local reenactors and craftsmen celebrated traditional crafts.
Penobscot Marine Museum hosted its 2nd Sardine Festival (celebrating Maine's sardine heritage with live music, tastings, and speeches) over the weekend in Searsport.
Rita Wiley was crowned world champion sardine packer, and the exhibit stays open until Oct. 17.
🏛️ Government
Troy Jackson campaigned in Bangor on Sunday as part of his 'Take Action with Jackson' effort & criticized his opponent's voting record ahead of a televised debate on Tuesday.
He also visited Waterville and Ellsworth as part of a broader get out the vote drive.
🏈 Sports
Husson University became the first Maine Division III football team to win this season as it secured a 26-21 victory over Western New England Saturday at Winkin Sports Complex in Bangor (freshman Telisca had an 85-yard interception return that proved decisive).
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