Renee Nelson

I am the News Director for the Townsquare Media/Augusta-Waterville stations! Make sure you come say "Hi" to me at one of our many live local broadcasts.

Osprey Cam: Rachel & Steve and the Osprey Chicks at Home on Hog Island, Maine [LIVE VIDEO]

Embed courtesy of Explore.org Explore.org and the National Audubon Society are bringing you this sneak peek into the life of Rachel and Steve Osprey and their chicks. Take a look; you will be hooked after a few minutes. The cam will be on until the family heads south through the Caribbean and South America in September...

Great Dane Puppy Does NOT Want to Get Up! Too Cute! [VIDEO]

This cutie is a Great Dane puppy who does not want to get up. His 'parents' own a bagel shop so they are up early, like 3:30 am! Even a Great Dane puppy knows that is just to darn early to be up!!!

Make Your Smartphone into a Microscope for About $10! [VIDEO]

A smartphone + a few supplies + a few minutes = a super cool little microscope you can see with a magnification of up to 175X! And you can take photos of what you find. BONUS! Check out the video for the project. Great for home-schooled kids or maybe a science class that is lacking in the microscope department. What a great idea!

A ‘Prank’ on the Homeless Goes So Right in So Many Ways! Yes, I Cried!!

Pulling pranks on the homeless is not normally something I would endorse, but this video is more of a surprise than a prank! Comedian and professional prankster Greg Benson wanted to pull a prank on some homeless. And it went oh so right. Prank it forward! Greg teamed up with chef Jesse Brune, together they turned a shelter into a five-star restaurant. Benson was the maître d, seating guests indiv