1 July 2024
QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Mark Marchesi on Portland’s changing architecture.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
Mainers are growing older while facing skyrocketing long-term care insurance premiums. After years of increases, half of the state’s residents with long-term care insurance face pending rate hikes.
Last year, many people trying to watch Bangor’s Fourth of July fireworks could only see the very tops of them. The city is taking steps to not repeat the same issues.
Only three people entered this home lottery in Maine’s priciest town. Officials are at a loss as to why so few families applied to the lottery to win it.
Maine’s fire marshal said staff morale was improving. But emails obtained by the Bangor Daily News call into question how much has changed in the office since lawmakers reviewed the agency.
This photographer has chronicled Portland’s gentrifying face. Since 2009, he’s been photographing the buildings and neighborhoods that made Portland feel authentic.
MAINE IN PICTURES
Nathan Broaddus points out the depth of compost in the tomato beds at Farthest Field Farm in Freeport. The 2-year-old no-till farm, focused on growing tomatoes and peppers for the owners’ line of hot sauces, is one of numerous new operations in the state reducing or eliminating the presence of the plow. Credit: Elizabeth Walztoni / BDN
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
Maine cities applaud Supreme Court ruling that allows public camping bans
Maine Democrats stand by Joe Biden after ‘painful’ debate with Donald Trump
Peter Mills is stepping down as director of Maine Turnpike Authority
Hampden-area schools to present new budget to voters after 1st plan rejected
Photos: Lainey Wilson brings ‘Country’s Cool Again’ tour to Maine Savings Amphitheater
Eagle Lake wants to stop pesticide use near public wells
Simulated military combat game ‘airsoft’ expands at Aroostook County field
Weather causes balloonists who took off in Maine to land in Canada
Ellsworth police officer was justified in shooting man last December
Video shows plane crashing on Swan’s Island
Frustrations grow on MDI about closure of storm-damaged road
Rare ‘cotton candy’ lobster among star attractions at reopened Maine aquarium
Suspect in Maine hit-and-run dies in rollover crash
Former Portland mayor wins trial over landlord who attempted to evict him
Feds investigating flight that took off from closed Maine runway
Georgia woman pleads guilty to stealing $90K from Maine business
This 10-year-old Orono girl won a national youth race walking event
UMaine hockey will face several tough opponents in 2024-25
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Americans are yearning to vote for someone and not just vote against someone else. A majority of voters couldn’t be any more clear on that.”
Opinion: The Biden-Harris ticket isn’t up to challenge facing democracy
LIFE IN MAINE
There’s no such thing as bad soil, just soil that doesn’t do what people want it to. More Maine farmers are turning to no-till practices to improve the quality of their land.
The removal of a more than 200-year-old dam is reopening a major spawning ground for wild salmon. Biologists hope that a self-sustaining population of fully wild salmon will take hold again in Sebago Lake.
Getting off the beaten track in Maine doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice the little comforts. Julia Bayly writes about her evolution from camping minimalist to outdoor hedonist.