🌱 Can Bucksport’s girls track team bring home another state title?

What's up Bucksport! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Can Bucksport’s girls track team bring home another state title?
• What’s changing—and what’s not—at Bucksport’s longtime Ming’s Garden?

Also on today's calendar: Bucksport : Open to All Cancers.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Rather cloudy with a shower, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 60, low: 39.
• Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 46 and low of 33 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bucksport looks to build on first state girls outdoor track and field title (wabi.tv) — Bucksport High’s girls track and field team is gearing up to defend its first-ever state outdoor championship after winning the Class C title in 2025. With many key athletes returning and state meets set for June 6, seniors say they’re motivated by last year’s success and are putting in serious work on the track and in the weight room.
   

• Bucksport's landmark Chinese restaurant is under new ownership (bangordailynews.com) — Ming’s Garden, a longtime Main Street Chinese restaurant in downtown Bucksport, has changed hands after its founding family retired this month. The new owners have added online ordering and secured a liquor license, while signaling the spot will remain a Chinese restaurant as the town’s evolving dining scene continues to shift.
   

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📸 Around Bucksport

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bucksport

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★ Featured events ★

Monday April 27

• Scottish Country Dancing in Bucksport
  31 Elm St, Bucksport
  9:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday May 13

• Bucksport : Open to All Cancers
  125 Broadway , Bucksport
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Bikes for Books
  Leroy H Smith School Winterport, ME 04496
  8:00 am
• Ansel Adams Art history Class
  Regional School Unit 24 , 248 State St , Ellsworth
  12:00 pm
• Play and Learn Mahjong
  The Durgin Center , 274 State St , Brewer
  12:30 pm
• Girls V Tennis v MDI
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  4:00 pm
• Boys V Tennis @ MDI
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  4:00 pm
• Boys V Tennis v MDI
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  4:00 pm
• Girls V Tennis @ MDI
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  4:00 pm
• B Lacrosse @ Lewiston V 5:00, JV 6:45pm
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  5:00 pm
• B Lacrosse @ Lewiston V 5:30, JV 7:15pm
  Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 04444
  5:00 pm
• Riff Johnson: Bogeys - Bangor ME
  Bogeys , 471 Stillwater Ave , Bangor
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for 3:00pm - 9:00pm Team Member Shifts in Bucksport. Apply here.
• Lowe's posted a job opening for Seasonal Receiver Stocker Days in Brewer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bucksport here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Brewer

• Brewer wins third-straight state spring Mario Kart championship (wabi.tv)
• Brewer schools will pay $350K to conservative activist's estate (bangordailynews.com)
• Northern Light expands therapy dog program to Presque Isle hospital (bangordailynews.com)

Ellsworth

• Three Maine towns to share $4M for safety infrastructure upgrades (mainebiz.biz)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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