Former Bartender Shakes It Up, Joins Reporting Team At Wabi-tv

Bryan Sidelinger worked in the service industry for over 20 years, including a 15-year stint as a bartender. Three years ago, he decided that he had enough and began attending the New England School of Communications at Husson University in Bangor for the spring semester of 2016. That led to a position as an associate producer for the weekend newscasts at WABI-TV Channel 5 in Bangor last winter and now he has been promoted to a news/sports reporter at the station. Sports anchor Eric Gullickson has been elevated to sports director replacing the retired Tim Throckmorton and Sidelinger will be Gullickson’s right-hand man when needed.