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Win Tickets To The Berenstain Bears Live! Part Of Kid Fest In Waterville

The B-98.5 Electricity Maine Kid Fest is coming up on April 7th at Champions at the Elm Plaza in Waterville. The show will feature the Berenstain Bears Live! Generations of families have enjoyed over 300 books, but now you can see them live! The Berenstain Bears are coming to Waterville!

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Many Maine Fighters Taking Part In Bellator MMA Card In Lewsiton

The Bellator MMA will be coming to the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Thursday, March 21. Parts of the events will be televised live on Spike TV. Several Maine fighters will be part of the card.

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Blacktip Shark
Getty Images, photo by Carol Buchanan

Thousands of Sharks Spotted off the Coast of Florida

Many beaches in South Florida were closed after thousands of sharks were spotted of the coast as close as 60 feet away.  Lifeguards raised red flags getting people out of the water around 11am when the sharks were spotted but were allowed back in the water by the afternoon but warned to be careful

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Kevin Moloney / Getty Iames

Farmington Fire + Ice Festival Saturday, March 9

The first ever Farmington Fire and Ice Festival is set for Saturday, March 9 in downtown Farmington. The event will feature fun, family activities, including snow tubing between Front and Main streets, an ice-carving demonstration by Wicked Good Ice, dog sled rides, a road race and snowshoe races. The day will wrap up with a fireworks show at 6:20 at Prescott Field.

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Photo by Andy Capwell
Photo by Andy Capwell

Andy Capwell: A Model? See For Yourself At The 8th Annual B98.5 Electricity Maine Bridal Showcase

This year is shaping up to be a year of doing things I never thought I would ever do. Early in 2013, I was a ring announcer for a wrestling show at the Fairfield Community Center. Now, I am going to make my debut as a model?!

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Memorial Bridge
Getty Bridge, photo by Steven Lewis Stock

Memorial Bridge: From Old to New, Same Person Cutting the Dedication Ribbon

The new Memorial Bridge that connects Maine and New Hampshire is expected to be completed this summer and the person that dedicated the old bridge in 1923 will be the same person dedicating the new bridge in 2013.

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King Brown Snake
Getty Images, photo by Ian Waldie

Mice will Parachute into Guam to Help Eradicate Brown Snakes

The country of Guam is having a big problem with brown tree snakes causing most  birds native to Guam to become extinct. The brown snake population is estimated at 2 million and even though Hawaii is 3,000 miles away, they have long feared an invasion of brown snakes.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Service, Guam and the Pacific Islands have a way they believe will curb the population, they’re dropping dead mice laced with painkillers into the jungles of Guam. 

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Batman and Robin
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DC Comics Batman Incorporated, New Edition Coming Out February 27

Spoiler Alert: If you read DC Comics Batman Incorporated and don’t want to know what’s in tomorrow's edition...STOP!

On February 27, in the latest edition of the Batman Incorporated comic book by DC Comics, Batman’s sidekick Robin

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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Getty Images, photo by Neilson Barnard

Maksim Chmerkovskiy May Not Dance on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ This Season

ABC has declined to comment and there has not been an official announcement, but it looks like Maksim Chmerkovskiy will not be on Dancing with the Stars this season. 

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Cracker Jacks at Ballpark
Getty Images, photo by Greg Fiume

Over 17 Billion Toys Put in Cracker Jack Boxes

Cracker Jacks, the candy popcorn, made its debut in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair, the same fair that introduced the Ferris wheel, Aunt Jemima Pancakes and the ice cream cone. A German immigrant sold popcorn from a cart when he and his brother came up with the idea of candy-coated popcorn they named ‘Cracker Jacks’.

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