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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The challenge right now is there is just no way for the town’s citizens to stop this idiocy.”
— Mark Lipscombe, who is spearheading an effort in Houlton to allow voters to recall elected officials. The push comes as the town manager is facing a felony charge.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
$1.5 million is at stake as the government shutdown pauses entrance fees at Acadia. Health care is at the center of the shutdown, but it’s one of the most intractable issues in Congress.
Ballots went missing the same day a Mainer reportedly found 250 in an Amazon package. Ellsworth reported that it was missing 250 ballots the same day a Newburgh woman said that many ballots were mailed to her.
A critical election looms for the chaotic Bangor City Council. The mayor recently resigned, a councilor was censured, a white supremacist is running for office and the council has failed to make a meaningful decision in years.
A Maine prosecutor questioned a state trooper’s competence after an arson arrest. Maeghan Maloney’s letter gives a fuller picture of concerns she and other officials had about a trooper who allegedly made several violent arrests.
Coastal Maine homebuyers are in limbo as flood insurance lapses during government shutdown. The National Flood Insurance Program expired when Congress failed to approve funding for government operations.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Democrat Matt Dunlap will challenge Jared Golden in a 2nd District primary
- Early voting by absentee ballot has started across Maine
- A small Maine group is pushing to criminalize abortion
- Maine’s newest national monument celebrates 1st season, even without federal funding
- Feds drop ICE clause from crime victim grants after lawsuit by Maine and 20 states
- Bangor business owner running for City Council wants to reduce crime
- Bangor bicyclist seriously injured in crash with vehicle
- Bangor outage leaves 1,300 customers without power along Stillwater Avenue
- Troubled Hermon solar company sued again
- A Penobscot County woman has been missing since mid-September
- Houlton residents push to recall councilors in town manager fallout
- Candidate for Belfast-area school board withdraws from race
- Victims in deadly Topsham crash have been identified
- Fire damages several boats at Maine marina
- Analysis: UMaine hockey’s bad performance vs. UNH is understandable — for now
- These UMaine alumni are looking for bounce-back NHL seasons
- ‘He can do it all’: Cooper Flagg impresses in NBA preseason debut
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Other countries show that affordable universal healthcare can work when combining the best of private and public resources for the benefit of the population at large rather than just for-profit vested interests.”
Opinion: US health care needs intensive care
LIFE IN MAINE
Next year’s apple crop could be affected by the current drought.
Why “ladybugs” invade Maine homes in fall — and how to get rid of them.
That 23.5-inch trout might be just another five minutes’ wait.
