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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— David Aston, a Newburgh resident and graphic designer, on the overwhelmingly negative response to the town’s use of artificial intelligence to make a new municipal logo.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Maine Republicans are moving aggressively to take down Bobby Charles. The increasingly harsh attacks among Republicans have reshaped a crowded primary just one month away.
Here are three themes we’ve noticed in the election-year debates over local budgets. The thread running through them all is rising costs, which are forcing communities to balance school quality and tax burdens.
Bangor changed its rules to encourage more housing, but developers say it’s not enough. One cited the growing cost of land, construction materials and labor as the biggest barriers.
An endowment and innovative programs have kept the College of the Atlantic viable, its new leader told the Bangor Daily News. Lynn Boulger’s interim presidency comes at a turbulent time for higher education that has forced other schools to fold.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins reveals condition that causes shaking
- Graham Platner has raised $1.5M since Janet Mills ended her US Senate campaign
- Secretary of state says people’s veto of state supplemental budget will not move forward
- Newburgh residents push back against proposed AI-generated logo
- Maine man accused of assaulting cop after repeatedly calling 911 for beer delivery
- Election-deciding absentee ballots in Clifton sent back to Maine supreme court
- Clifton man arrested on drug charges
- Budget airline will offer nonstop flights from Bangor to Raleigh-Durham
- From rural Piscataquis County to UMaine valedictorian
- Aroostook woman indicted for voting twice in 2024 election
- Presque Isle council adopts vacant building ordinance
- Caribou school board advances revised budget up $1.5M from previous year
- Rescue crews searching for 20-year-old missing paddleboarder at Ellsworth lake
- Guest charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fire to Waldo County home
- Belfast hires new library director
- Madison town manager resigns after improper dismissal by Select Board
- Man dies after Maine crash
- Maine woman allegedly assaulted her husband and then set their home on fire
- Maine man allegedly led police on chase in car stolen from dealership
- UMaine softball’s Kaelyn Larkin earns All-America East honors
- Binghamton softball uses 9-run, 4th-inning rally to top UMaine in America East tourney
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“While the apparent lack of transparency surrounding this issue ultimately falls on the superintendent, I believe this situation runs far deeper than the recent communication failures.”
Opinion: The closure of Fairmount School is a cost of delayed decisions in Bangor
LIFE IN MAINE
Browntail moth caterpillars have emerged again in Bangor.
A Maine fly-fishing writer recalls the late Ted Turner’s trout conservation efforts.
Bring your own water if you’re going to Camden Hills State Park.
