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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Morgan Gunnell, who won a seat on the Milford School Committee with seven write-in votes.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
On the verge of leaving office, Janet Mills becomes an anti-Trump ambassador. Mills’ family and former colleagues said she did not instigate the fight with Trump, but took it on aggressively when it came to her.
What the average Maine house price gets you in each county. The average cost of a single family home in Maine now stands at $425,000.
He wrote his name down as a joke when no one ran for school committee. Then he won. Milford firefighter Morgan Gunnell didn’t campaign and only learned he was a contender on voting day, when a colleague said they’d written in his name.
Bangor City Hall reopens today. The updates, which include a new HVAC system, bulletproof glass for service windows and a reorganization of the building layout, cost about $10 million.
Bangor Mall owner fined $1.8 million in Pennsylvania as court case in Maine drags on. A Pennsylvania township issued 400 citations this spring against the Bangor Mall’s owners over maintenance problems at another mall they own.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- There will be no parking and 1-way traffic on this downtown Bangor street for the next 3 days
- Maine man accused of punching dog says it attacked his service dog
- 3-year-old found dead in car in Milford; mother charged
- Man arrested following Milford shooting
- Old Town man charged after standoff that shut down Stillwater Avenue
- Presque Isle breaks ground on $6M aerospace research park
- National antique car tour to travel The County
- It will be raining rabies vaccines over Aroostook County starting this week
- Game wardens recover 2 bodies on Grand Falls Flowage
- Coastal Maine wildfire extinguished after 3 days
- State police say Waldoboro death was a homicide
- Attorney for Louisiana man accused of killing toddler in Maine says police illegally seized cellphones and stained pillowcase
- Man dies in Bowdoinham crash
- 20-year-old Maine woman accused of shooting man in the neck after dayslong bender
- Maine property owner will pay $35,000 to settle tenant’s sexual harassment suit
- Person struck, killed by Amtrak train in Scarborough
- Seeking to reduce noise and pollution, Maine Ocean Farms launches all-electric aquaculture boat
- Motorcyclist dies after crashing into tree in Old Orchard Beach
- Being back in Maine is ‘really refreshing’ for Cooper and Ace Flagg
- ‘It gives them hope’: Maine kids excited for camp led by Ace and Cooper Flagg
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“This is the media world we live in today, one with at least two completely different media realities: one for ‘libs’ concerned about health, environment, democracy, and common sense, the other for Republicans apparently so addicted to ‘owning the libs’ that they allow themselves to be led by media outlets that protect the president from inquiries into his relationship with a convicted sexual offender.”
Opinion: News divide means Americans are living in two different worlds
LIFE IN MAINE
This Mainer found a purpose by keeping traditional blacksmithing alive. Michael Whitmore has made his own tools to fill his 1800s-style blacksmith shop in Hancock, where he teaches classes and gives demonstrations.
How Maine’s birds use molting to survive and thrive. “Replacing our outer covering is straightforward and routine for humans. However, this isn’t the case for birds,” Bob Duchesne writes.
Get a taste of the Maine Appalachian Trail with this incredible hike. Rising 2,447 feet above sea level, Pleasant Pond Mountain is just one of the many mountains along the Appalachian Trail.
