Hundreds of volunteers help search for missing teen

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Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 9:57pm

GLENBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Hundreds of volunteers from across the state joined Game Wardens Sunday in the search for a missing teen.

15 year old Nichole Cable left her home in Glenburn to meet in person an internet connection.

That was Mothers Day. Her mother hasn't seen her since.

The Penobscot County Sheriff's Department says more than 350 people turned out Sunday morning to help conduct ground searches in the towns of Glenburn, Hudson and West Old Town.

In a news release, Chief Deputy Troy Morton says searchers did find several items that investigators will examine.

Volunteer searchers trekked through marshy woodlands in their search for evidence. And they say they're happy to support Nichole and her family.

"I'm from the town over and everyone's been talking about," says Kenduskeag resident Roland Laliberty, "and I thought it would be really nice to try to come out and help out with the community around me."

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Merge Your Google+ Profile and Your YouTube Channel

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Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 10:47am

Google+ and YouTube recently announced that you can merge your business YouTube channel and your Google+ page.
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Maine baseball team loses season finale against UMBC

Submitted by Melissa Kim on Saturday, May 18th, 7:29 pm

ORONO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine baseball team has already clinched the America East title and will be the top seed in the conference tournament, which starts on Wednesday in Lowell, MA. But first, the Black Bears were trying to finish their regular season with a series sweep against UMBC.

Maine senior Mike Fransoso made his 1st appearance in the lineup since getting hit by a pitch in the eye on Tuesday at Boston College. He batted in the DH spot Saturday afternoon.

The Retrievers got out to an early 2-0 lead, but Maine rallied and scored 4 runs in the 3rd inning. But UMBC made a late comeback in the 9th inning, winning the game, 6-5.

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Old Town pitcher hopes to inspire future Coyotes

Submitted by Melissa Kim on Friday, May 17th, 7:08 pm

OLD TOWN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Old Town senior Kendra Hayward has made her presence known on the mound as a pitcher for the Coyotes softball team. But she doesn't want this new found legacy to stop anytime soon. In fact, she's making sure Old Town will be a powerhouse on the diamond in the years to come.

Kendra is using her talents to pay it all forward, by using what free time she has to coach the next generation of Old Town players.

"I'd like to come back in five years and see the younger girls that I taught. Maybe have them on the mound and cheer for them," she explains.

Head Coach Jenn Plourde certainly hopes that happens. She says Kendra is a natural leader.

"Coaching is kind of in her blood, whether she knows it or not. I think she'll come back someday and want to participate and coach and help out," says Coach Plourde.

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Reservists struggle with sexual assaults

Submitted by Kathleen Shannon on Friday, May 17th, 6:30 pm

AUGUSTA, Maine -- (NEWS CENTER) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered retraining, recredentialing and rescreening of all sexual assault prevention coordinators for the military, as well as for military recruiters after two recent cases where men in charge of prevention programs were charged with sexual assault. But Hagel's orders will do little to help the nation's 1-million Reservists.

Newscenter talked with one former Army Reservist who asked that her identity be concealed since two of her alleged rapists live within and hour of her home. "Ann" told us how she was serving in Iraq from February 2004 to February 2005 and loved her job as a convoy truck driver and combat first aid specialist in large part because of the conraderie she felt with her fellow soldiers.

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$550 million up for grab's in powerball jackpot

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Friday, May 17th, 6:24 pm

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- If you're feeling lucky these days, you might want to consider purchasing a lottery ticket in the days ahead.

The amount of money you could win during Saturday's Powerball drawing could be worth as much as $600 million. No one matched Wednesday night's numbers which means the prize is now the third largest in U.S. history. All those zero's have sent several people out to pay their two dollars for a ticket, despite the odds of winning are one in 175 million.

Some people we caught up with on Friday had all kinds of different ideas of what they would do with the money if they won.

"First thing I would do is invest in my grandchildren," said Bill Charpentier, who bought his ticket at Ledbetter's superstore in Bangor, "let their college education be paid for."

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Summer concert series kicks off in Bangor to cheers, complaints

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Friday, May 17th, 5:37 pm

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Bangor's much-anticipated summer concert series kicked off Thursday night on the city's waterfront. Yet the event did draw complaints from some residents in the area.

Thursday night's show featured Motley Crue and Hinder. The two bands easily performed to what was hundreds of ticket holders but a number of people outside the Darling's Waterfront Pavilion say they also heard the music.

The Bangor Police Department easily took about two dozen calls from folks complaining about the noise.

"I know we took complaints from mostly this east side of town and around the venue," said Sgt. Paul Edwards, "We got some calls from Brewer also. All of those calls...we look at those...the location of the calls and then we look at ways to try to minimize that."

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