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Maine filmmaker living with muscular dystrophy to premiere nature film, proceeds benefiting research

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November 12, 2025

Maine filmmaker living with muscular dystrophy to premiere nature film, proceeds benefiting research

ELLSWORTH, Maine (WABI) – On Saturday, November 22, those who head to The Grand Theater in Ellsworth will get a chance to see the state of Maine in a way they’ve likely never seen before.

“Seasons of Maine” is a 48-minute film showcasing Maine’s natural beauty, and it was made by local filmmaker Evan Procko.

“Maine is such a unique, beautiful place, and I wanted to really make a special film to just show how beautiful it is, because I’ve seen videos of Iceland and Norway with just really relaxing music on it. And I just wanted to create something really special for Maine,” said Procko.

Evan is a 21-year old filmmaker who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and he poured his love of the outdoors into this film.

“Evan is an amazing young man, very artistic. He’s always been into anything creative, anything he can do on canvas, on film, culinary.

Of course, he has a disability that’s rather destructive with his muscles and his use of his legs and his arms. So a lot of the time, I’ve helped him out with anything that needs to be lifted or moved, or if he’s creating art on canvas, I’ll hold his arm. He calls me Ratatouille, just like in the kitchen, you know? He’s conducting the orchestra, but it’s all him, I’m just the hands. But with this film, this was completely his project,” said Bill Procko, Evan’s father.

The film took two years to make, and on Wednesday Evan finally got to see it on the big screen.

“It means a lot, just to see something I created on the big screen, it’s pretty crazy to think,” said Procko.

General admission is $15 with all proceeds being donated to research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

“For me, it’s, I get more joy out of helping people out. It means more to me to help people that are struggling with similar condition, of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, instead of just getting more money for myself, it just means so much more to me,” said Procko.

You can purchase tickets for the showing of “Seasons of Maine” by clicking here and you can view the full trailer by clicking here.

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How a data center derailed $240,000 for affordable housing in Wiscasset

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May 11, 2026

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How a data center derailed 0,000 for affordable housing in Wiscasset

On a crisp afternoon in early April 2026, Richard Davis walked to the end of a boat launch on the Back River, a tidal channel that cuts through Midcoast Maine’s rocky coastline. As the tide swept in, Davis, co-founder of a local group called Protect Wiscasset and an area resident, fixed his attention on the […]

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Mother’s Day brings boom in flower sales across Maine

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May 11, 2026

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Mother’s Day brings boom in flower sales across Maine

It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.

According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.

Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.

“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.

Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.

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Maine Black Bears Swept By UMass Lowell In A Tight 5-4 Finish

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May 10, 2026

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Maine Black Bears Swept By UMass Lowell In A Tight 5-4 Finish

The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.

UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.

Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.

Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.

Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.

UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.

The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.

Check out photos from the game