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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Erin Soucy, dean of nursing, allied health and behavioral science at the University of Maine at Fork Kent.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
President Donald Trump hasn’t asked the Maine National Guard to go to Washington. The Maine National Guard has “not been asked to send anyone to D.C.,” spokesperson Maj. Nick Erickson said Wednesday.
Old Town is planning to track residents and visitors with artificial intelligence. The AI program uses data collected from smartphones of people, including where they were before and went after being in a specific area.
Bangor voters will have nine City Council candidates vying for their support this fall. This is the first time in at least 10 years that no incumbent councilors are running for reelection, records show.
Ellsworth is finally planning to build a downtown bathroom. This summer, the city placed a public portable toilet in the eastern corner of the City Hall parking lot as a temporary option.
Aroostook County is leading Maine at recruiting new nurses. The County has more new nurses than any other region in the state, despite being one of the older counties.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Janet Mills says she’ll decide on running against Susan Collins by November
- Maine high court rules payments into new family leave program by exempt employers are not refundable
- Pilot killed in Bangor crash had crossed the Atlantic in small planes before
- Missing Plymouth woman found dead
- Freedom-of-information lawsuits drain Houlton’s legal budget
- Aroostook school for people with disabilities opens major expansion
- Dog and cat killed in Frenchville house fire
- Caribou man arrested after allegedly firing gun at home
- ‘Law & Order’ creator Dick Wolf donates $10M to MDI Hospital
- The property where Castine’s namesake lived is for sale
- An MDI housing proposal renews concerns over nearby landfill
- Maine Maritime Academy’s new training ship will anchor in Searsport until next summer
- Thomaston woman allegedly tried to run over Border Patrol officer after crash
- Body of New Hampshire woman recovered from Sebago Lake
- Fire destroys camper on remote Maine property
- Mainer dies after truck and minivan collide
- Woman dies after crashing into wall in underground Maine garage
- Jeremy Swayman seeking to become 4th UMaine goalie to play for US Olympic team
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Recent demonstrations, with thousands waving Palestinian flags while with some chanting anti-Israel slogans, do not look like a movement committed to peace.”
Opinion: The Christian perspective for and against Palestinian statehood
LIFE IN MAINE
A bear making itself comfortable on Maine guide Bud Utecht’s accidentally abandoned backpack was caught on his trail camera recently.
”I know how to hunt and fish — and I shouldn’t have to prove it every time,” contributor Erin Merrill says in response to sexism in the Maine outdoors.
This is where you can fish in the Moosehead Lake region right now
You can celebrate Maine’s iconic potato candy next month at Wiscasset’s third annual Maine Needham Festival.
