Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

24 June 2024

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES

This toxic site in Berwick is being transformed into stores and homes. Downtown has added 15 new businesses since the cleanup and redevelopment started on the contaminated tannery site in 2016.

Tensions between Maine casino inspectors and their boss are reaching a boiling point. The dispute centers around how much authority Executive Director Milt Champion has helped to give himself over the board tasked with overseeing gaming in Maine.

The practice of awarding keys to the city dates back to medieval times. It’s a purely symbolic gesture, but Bangor and Brewer take different approaches to bestowing the honor.

Washington County isn’t known for its million-dollar homes. But for $2.75 million, you can buy this property overlooking Cobscook Bay that features a horse farm.

MAINE IN PICTURES

Runners head down Main Street toward downtown, past the Hollywood Casino and iconic Paul Bunyan statue on Sunday during the inaugural Great Bangor Marathon. Credit: Sam Canfield / BDN

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE 

Janet Mills criticizes judge after fires and deadly police shooting in Auburn

Maine home sales, value increases holding steady for 4th month in a row

Bangor Pride draws throngs of festival-goers downtown

NJ man, Orono woman win inaugural Great Bangor Marathon

Books-A-Million hopes new Bangor location will attract more customers

Houlton group has a plan to change ‘from away’ attitudes

A Presque Isle hospital is helping transgender Mainers find their voice

Aroostook hospitals trying to reduce violence against medical workers

1 seriously injured in Aroostook County shooting

Hodgdon man dies in Route 11 crash in Aroostook County

Video shows the moment police shot a Belfast man who allegedly brandished a lit gas can 

Death in Union prompts police investigation

Maine town needs $2M to remove a giant mound of toxic carpets

This young Maine ‘house hacker’ paid just $540 to get his first duplex

Fatal 2023 Portland police shooting ruled justified

Casco rollover crash leaves one woman hospitalized

Standish man hospitalized after Sebago crash

Maine forest rangers use drones to help find fires started by lightning strikes

Kennebunk doctor found guilty of illegally prescribing opioids

FROM THE OPINION PAGES  

“If you are watching TV news with the foremost, endless emphasis on the latest polls, you are wasting your time. The only poll that really counts is what we call an honest election and the news that counts most is explaining the differences between the candidates on the job they would likely do in terms of constitutional dedication, issue analysis, management capacity and human decency.”

Opinion: Don’t waste time pondering poll results

LIFE IN MAINE

When it comes to catch and release, the arguments between fishermen can get quite nasty. As BDN Outdoors editor Julie Harris writes, preserving a fishery for the next generation isn’t so simple.

A growing number of Maine farmers are leaving parts of their fields unmowed so grassland birds can survive. But both are threatened by shrinking margins and disappearing habitat.

It’s spring, which means moose are regrowing their antlers. As mating season approaches, they’ll shed the outer velvet. In this video, a moose in full velvet crosses a pond.

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