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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Sharoan Cohen of Peaks Island. Some year-round residents of the island off the Portland peninsula say a price hike last year that offers discounts for frequent travelers penalizes locals who make fewer trips off the island.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
We looked into how Nirav Shah has stormed the Democratic gubernatorial primary. In every survey but one, the former Maine CDC director has led the field.
This is how ranked-choice voting will work in Maine’s wide-open June primaries. The voting method is arguably occupying the biggest role in any primary to date.
Maine’s busiest lobster port is planning for a new public pier. The renovation of an adjacent Odd Fellows hall shows how one fishing community is approaching preserving its working waterfront amid increasing shore property values.
Residents say ferry prices are turning this island into a “gated community.” The new rates are easy on commuters, arguably at the expense of locals who pay full price for the few trips they make to the mainland.
Caribou’s Boston Post Cane reappeared after going missing a century ago. The last known recipient of the cane died in 1932, and despite attempts to find it and revive the tradition in the years since, the trail remained cold — until February.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Graham Platner heads to DC to meet with senators and raise money
- Proposal to ban new syringe services in Bangor doesn’t make it out of committee
- Pride flag painted on downtown Bangor street already defaced
- Man found guilty of murdering ex-fiancee in Bangor
- Woman killed in Glenburn crash has been identified
- Caribou’s summer street fair returns next week
- Wanted man spotted near UMaine at Machias campus
- Judge grants Eliot Cutler internet access supervised by family member
- Bucksport tables proposal to recite Pledge of Allegiance during council meetings
- Police called to raucous Knox County Republicans meeting
- Robbins Lumber reopens Searsmont yard after deadly blast
- Judge orders suspension of Rockland lawyer
- Maine’s last sardine cannery closed in 2010. A new company wants to bring fish canning back.
- 77-year-old Maine woman earns her diploma after leaving school at 11
- 5 teens charged after ‘retaliatory shooting’ in Lewiston
- 3 arrested during weekend drug bust in Skowhegan
- Westbrook firefighters help pooch off the roof
- Miss Portland Diner owner speaks out after hidden camera found in bathroom
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Jackson and Bellows have always opposed charter schools and increasing voucher systems, because they know them for what they are: attempts to defund public education.”
Opinion: Troy Jackson and Shenna Bellows are best candidates for governor for students, educators
LIFE IN MAINE
These are the most expensive Maine homes sold in May.
The largest salmon caught in U.S. waters disappeared for years.
