QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Annie Higbee, who owns a short-term rental in Rockland and lives in Owls Head, speaking at a Rockland City Council meeting during a discussion of a proposal to stop giving short-term rental permits to owners who don’t live on the rental property.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
A group that provides housing to recovering addicts opened its 17th location in Bangor. Despite adding new houses every year, Scott Pardy, the organization’s founder, hasn’t seen demand slow.
A northern Maine fire department is still ‘in bad shape’ months after a destructive blaze. Multiple lithium-ion batteries caught fire while charging on May 21 and damaged the station, three fire trucks and engines, and gear.
Offshore wind development is not killing whales, according to scientists and government officials. Yet, speculative claims still crop up on social media whenever a dead whale floats to shore on the East Coast.
Rockland officials gave a reprieve to short-term rental owners who live elsewhere. The midcoast has been one of the areas in Maine hit hardest by the housing crisis, as nearly every town in the region lacks affordable housing.
MAINE IN PICTURES
Participants threw flowers into the Kenduskeag Stream during a ceremony on Sunday marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Charlie Howard, who was killed on July 7, 1984, by a group of local teens because he was gay. Credit: Emily Burnham / BDN
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
Stephen King says Joe Biden should withdraw from race
2 teenage brothers found dead in Maine river
Mosquito-borne illness detected in Orono
Bangor police officer causes rollover after making U-turn into traffic
Maine speedway worker sent to hospital after ‘freak accident’
Molotov cocktails found on Rockland train tracks being investigated as arson
Wind turbine parts are now being trucked through Hancock County
Maine companies will be on display at Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Bangor man arrested after creating standoff, allegedly threatening arson
‘Armed and dangerous’ man who eluded Oxford County officials for days taken into custody
Another downtown Bangor arts venue will close later this year
Fire at Eddington restaurant considered suspicious
New European-style cafe opens in Damariscotta
Jason Mraz brings his ‘Mystical Magical’ tour to Bangor with guests Ripe
Public health advocates want Maine’s testing requirements for medical cannabis to change
Maine judges are deciding when the lack of an attorney becomes a constitutional violation
As ecotourism grows, so does the desire to maintain Down East’s wild character
UMaine hockey begins summer workouts with a goal of improving depth
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“It is clear the founding fathers strongly believed that everyone — including presidents — were subject to the nation’s laws, according to many constitutional law scholars.”
Editorial: An American president cannot be above the law
LIFE IN MAINE
Port Clyde writer Margot Anne Kelley’s new book “A Gardener at the End of the World” takes place over a full year in the COVID-19 pandemic. Down East contributor RJ Heller writes that it “kept me engaged from the very first page.”
Watch: Cooper Flagg dunks against US Olympic team
Thousands of Maine kids will adopt cows this year. The national “Adopt A Cow” program, organized by dairy promotion councils across the Northeast and Midwest, was brought to Maine by the Dairy Promotion Board two years ago.
Do you use artificial lures? Here’s why BDN’s Julie Harris thinks that Maine is classifying artificial fishing lures incorrectly.
