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QUOTE OF THE DAY
– Acadia Superintendent Kevin Schneider, after two people died and one person was injured recently at Acadia National Park
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Here’s where you can see Fourth of July parades and fireworks today. If you’re planning your own show, don’t be a jerk and make sure to check if personal fireworks are legal in your town.
Here’s the latest timeline for Bangor’s Pickering Square construction. The site between the parking garage and the Bangor Area Transit Center was torn up in July 2024 then sat vacant for months before crews returned recently.
Acadia officials expressed shock after two deaths and an injury in the park. The incidents included the previously unannounced death of a hiker who fell and hit his head in late June.
The U.S. House gave final approval to Donald Trump’s big tax bill. At its core, the package’s priority is extending $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and adding new ones, funded in part by $1.2 trillion in cutbacks to the Medicaid health care and food stamps, and a major rollback of green energy tax credits. Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree, both Democrats, voted against the bill.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Police call death of paddleboarder in Union ‘suspicious’
- Historic Mount Desert Island hotel to reopen this month
- Winterport man arrested on domestic violence charges after standoff with police
- Bar Harbor hotel firm wants to redevelop former motel property
- Driver charged with manslaughter after crashing into Lewiston home
- 3 arrested after police bust Down East drug trafficking ring
- Park officials suspect human activity behind new Acadia fire
- Body found after overnight search in midcoast pond
- 2 accused of cocaine and fentanyl trafficking in central Maine
- Man airlifted to Bangor hospital after collision
MAINE IN PICTURES
Construction underway in Bangor’s Pickering Square is seen from the parking garage on Wednesday. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“There is no description for a country with these priorities other than cruel.”
Editorial: Cruelty is becoming a defining quality of America
LIFE IN MAINE
A new Madawaska coffee shop offers espresso, art and a place for young people.
Here’s how you can keep your pets safe during Fourth of July activities.
Be careful choosing vinegar for canning this summer.
A family of black bears were unexpected guests at an Aroostook County family’s Fourth of July celebration.
