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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Bangor Public Health Director Jen Gunderman on how state officials expect to take over public nursing services.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
The state is planning to take over Bangor’s public health nursing services. Bangor’s two public health nurses primarily focus on maternal and child health care and conduct free home visits.
A state ruling gives new insight into business practices of the man in charge of the embroiled Orrington trash incinerator. Evan Coleman has been locked in a dispute with Central Maine Power over unpaid electric bills totaling more than $100,000.
The University of Maine accidentally shared the names of all students who receive disability services. The way the email was sent to include all the student email addresses is not UMaine’s “standard practice,” Director of News and Media Relations Marcus Wolf said.
Missing minutes, short staffing and foggy memories have prevented officials from answering repeated questions about how Waldo County has spent its money. Some Waldo County residents took an interest in the commission’s work as The Maine Monitor reported that the county had spent thousands in opioid funds without disclosing where the money went.
Town employees used Houlton’s surveillance cameras to look up people in the community. Data reveal that a handful of staff from various town departments — including police, public works, recreation, code enforcement and civic center — used the 25-plus cameras.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine’s finance commissioner is retiring
- Transportation company that gives rides to MaineCare patients files for bankruptcy
- Italian man identified as pilot in fatal Bangor plane crash
- Escaped lizard still on the run in Old Town
- Northern Light Health wants mediation to resolve Anthem insurance impasse
- Alaska man killed in Maine crash on I-95
- New Brunswick premier assails detention of Wabanaki elder’s fiancee at Maine border
- Fort Kent police seek group that fired gun at a home
- A 2nd tractor company wants to expand to Ellsworth
- New cafe brings a community hangout to Stockton Springs
- Protesters of Susan Collins derail ribbon-cutting ceremony in Searsport
- Owls Head man gets deferred sentence deal after Northport armed standoff
- Man accused of hitting 72-year-old woman with SUV in Maine Market Basket parking lot
- Earthquake shakes island in Penobscot Bay
- Maine police clocked car at 123 mph minutes before fatal crash
- Former UMaine player earns NFL roster spot with Minnesota Vikings
- Cooper Flagg is on the cover of newest Slam magazine
- Hampden golf course manager hit a hole-in-one on his break
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“With vigilance, education, and action, we can protect the lakes we all love — not just for ourselves, but for wildlife and future generations.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine native Ms. Rachel is Rolling Stone’s 3rd most influential creator of 2025 because of her dedication to raising “awareness and money for child victims of systemic violence worldwide.”
A Mainer went to England for a family trip, and he returned with a cornhole title.
In a move his mom hopes will help Dallas fans fall in love with the Newport native, Cooper Flagg recently graced the cover of the sports magazine Slam.
