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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If the goal is to remediate the opioid crisis, that’s not the same as remediating HIV.”
— Amy Clark, board chair for the advocacy group Maine Recovery Action Project, on Bangor’s decision to use opioid settlement money to fund a program for people living with HIV.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A small town had school budget trouble. Then the costs got higher. Jefferson was unique among the more than a dozen Maine school districts that have struggled to pass budgets this summer.
Property values are spiking in former industrial towns along Maine’s coast. Places once known for smelling bad have lost the blue-collar businesses that once defined them and become attractive to tourists and new residents.
This is how Maine politicians can raise gobs of money before running for office. The approach allows them to raise and spend unlimited sums that they do not have to disclose unless they officially launch a campaign.
Bangor’s decision to fund an HIV program is dividing the recovery community. The conflict comes from the city’s use of opioid settlement money for the program.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Shenna Bellows formally denies Trump administration’s request for all Maine voter data
- A northern Maine sporting camp is for sale for $1.1M
- Gap widens on already low year for international visits to Maine
- How Maine towns are regulating development in flood zones
- Maine environmental researchers grapple with federal funding changes
- Southern Baptists growing in Maine despite national decline
- Fire damages Veazie apartment complex
- A Bangor-area convenience store is holding a sasquatch calling contest
- Orono approves new disorderly property ordinance after assault
- Man who was armed and wearing body armor pleads guilty to not stopping at Maine border crossing
- Appeals court sends Bar Harbor cruise ship lawsuit back to lower court
- Halal butchery owners are scrambling after Unity finally OKs expansion
- Former student gets $1.1M in settlement with midcoast school district
- Great white shark spotted near coastal Maine state park
- Portland is temporarily blocking new music venues
- UMaine cornerback is one of ‘the fastest guys in our league’
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The dearth of U.S. federal scientists was especially unfortunate because they have long led the research behind the issues under consideration.”
Opinion: US loses credibility for rejection of international declaration to protect our ocean
LIFE IN MAINE
What outdoor lovers need to know about this summer’s dry conditions.
See where wildfires are burning in Maine right now.
Here’s how to get the most out of hiking Monhegan Island.
