Graham Lacher search / 2nd District GOP primary / Remembering WWII

6 June 2024

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Every time we get a potential sighting, our hopes are raised and we, every single time, think, ‘This could be it. This could be the time we find him.’”

— Tammy Lacher Scully on the search for her missing son Graham Lacher, who has been missing since he fled from Bangor’s Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center on June 6, 2022. 

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

The family of a man who went missing in Bangor two years ago hasn’t stopped searching for him. Tammy Lacher Scully has spent thousands of dollars and traveled hundreds of miles throughout New England and Canada spreading word of her son Graham Lacher’s disappearance

Donald Trump figures heavily in the closing arguments in Maine’s 2nd District GOP primary. Republican voters on Tuesday will pick either Mike Soboleski or Austin Theriault to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in November.

A 102-year-old Maine veteran who just missed D-Day is still telling war stories 80 years later. Known affectionately as the Maine Military Museum’s “living artifact,” James Mardin holds court there almost every Saturday afternoon. 

A New York investor has bought a Brooksville marina at the center of years of legal disputes with the town. The sale ends a conflict dating to August 2020, when a yacht tied up at the marina without permission was dragged into another boat.

MAINE IN PICTURES

Tammy Lacher Scully is the mother of Graham Lacher, who has been missing since he fled from Bangor’s Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center on June 6, 2022. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

Maine’s lakes contribute $14.1 billion to economy, study finds

Susan Collins sides with Democrats as GOP blocks contraception access bill

Maine conservative activist Shawn McBreairty dead at 53

Meet the 4 candidates running for Hermon School Committee

3 running for 2 seats on Hermon Town Council

Task force on how Aroostook spends opioid settlement money to meet June 11

Aroostook town beefs up volunteer fire department, avoids paying subsidy

Monson promotes 2-time interim town manager to permanent position

Indian Township man arrested for gross sexual assault

Man arrested in death of toddler in Thomaston

3 Rockland boards oppose eliminating minimum lot size requirements

Driver dead after crashing into Maine home

Windham man who allegedly shared images of infant sexual abuse pleads guilty

Lady Gaga spotted in Maine over the weekend

Flamingo makes rare appearance in New England

Hampden softball edges Messalonskee in A North quarterfinal 1-0

Brewer shocks Hampden in Class A North baseball quarterfinal

FROM THE OPINION PAGES 

“Only one of those candidates was willing to talk with and answer questions from the BDN editorial board. That earns respect in our book.”

Editorial: Consider Mike Soboleski in 2nd District Republican primary

LIFE IN MAINE

Wabanaki writer and Levant resident Morgan Talty’s new book, “Fire Exit,” is a worthy follow up to his nationally acclaimed debut “Night of the Living Rez,” the BDN’s Emily Burnham writes.

Golfers will tee off in the 10th annual Downeast Metro tourney this weekend. Showers are in the forecast, so the pros are hoping the weather won’t be a factor.

True North Theatre’s production of the dark fairy tale “Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest” can’t make up its mind what it wants to be, Judy Harrison writes.

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