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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Everybody’s just curious to find out what happened.”
— Andrew Jura, who lives a mile away from Crawford Pond in Union where 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart died earlier this month in what police ruled a homicide. On Thursday, police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with Stewart’s death, but little else is known.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A U.S. Department of Agriculture program for low-income, rural homeowners is driving Mainers into debt. The USDA took years to foreclose on delinquent mortgages, resulting in 55 Maine borrowers owing, on average, $110,000 more than they would have had the agency moved to take the homes earlier.
A 17-year-old was arrested in the slaying of a Maine paddleboarder. The arrest ended a two-week stretch of uncertainty and speculation and offered relief to some members of the community.
Maine Republicans are avoiding discussing Donald Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Their reluctance signals how volatile and politically uncomfortable the matter is for officials at all levels.
Bangor groups are scrambling to provide HIV services after a critical program ended. Clients served by the Northern Maine HIV program are in limbo without the vital support channel that shuttered last month.
Can you afford to live in these Maine cities? We took a look at whether the average household could afford to live in some of Maine’s largest cities, as well as some suburbs and idyllic coastal towns.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- See where candidates for Maine governor are getting donations from
- ‘Good trouble’ protesters rally in Bangor against the Trump administration
- A Maine town is divided ahead of a 3rd vote on its school budget
- Missing Orrington boy has been found
- A new Aroostook bus service strikes gold by offering door-to-door service
- Ellsworth man gets 3 years for firing gun before police shooting
- Vermont man accused of following woman then crashing into parked police car in Rockland
- Belfast will now allow church events at city park
- John Malkovich stops by a Rockland barber shop
- Maine driver clocked at over 100 mph before chase, NH cops say
- Maine Nordiques will not return to Lewiston Colisée because of debts
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Rather than do the humane — and dare we say, Christian — thing and help the food reach needy recipients, the U.S. government has ordered the destruction of 500 metric tons of food destined for Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
Editorial: A country that burns food for starving children is not great
LIFE IN MAINE
Two great white sharks were spotted near a midcoast beach.
9 things you should know about poison ivy. Now is a good time of year to refresh your knowledge on this pesky plant.
Relive Maine’s summer Route 1 road trips of the 1960s. Old Orchard Beach today is a different place, with condominiums juxtaposed with the old tourist attractions.
