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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Sanjeeva Abeyasekera, owner of Serendib, a staple of the Ellsworth restaurant scene for a decade that is closing later this year — the latest in a wave of closures among eastern Maine eateries.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Fears have intensified as the list of missing northern Maine women has grown. The three young women disappeared from a concentrated area, miles from the Canadian border.
A new wave of restaurant closures is rocking eastern Maine. Ellsworth’s Serendib, Evenrood’s in Bangor, My Buddy’s Place in Bucksport and MeMe G’s in Old Town all announced within the last week that they are closing soon.
Construction has started on a 50-unit affordable senior housing complex in Bangor. The building will become home to some of the “thousands” of seniors who have been on the Bangor Housing Authority’s waitlists for years, according to the group’s executive director.
President Donald Trump is targeting visas that struggling Maine hospitals and schools rely on. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor has about 120 H-1B visa employees at any given time, and the University of Maine also sees a number of H-1B employees each year.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine lawmaker Ed Crockett announces run for governor
- Maine regulator fines Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue $100K
- Anthem takes complaints public again as Northern Light contract deadline looms
- Broadway I-95 off-ramp in Bangor will be closed the 1st weekend in October
- Another Bangor warming center won’t open this winter
- 3 arrested in Brewer drug raid
- Levant man arrested after standoff with police
- Hermon man accused of violating protection order
- Inside Amazon’s 1st facility in Maine
- Ellsworth man arrested for road rage incident with his toddler in car
- Court sets deadline for Nordic Aquafarms lawsuits
- Belfast romance bookstore is moving to Portland
- Man arrested after police find explosives during Maine traffic stop
- Longtime rivals Bangor and Brewer merging boys hockey teams as Twin City Titans
- Bangor High girls soccer extends unbeaten streak to 22 games
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Vaccines and Tylenol are not political symbols; they are medical tools that have been studied by thousands of scientists over decades.”
Opinion: Keep science, not politics, at the center of our health care
LIFE IN MAINE
Peak foliage is almost here in Maine — time to start pressing leaves.
Here’s how the “White Lobster” went from Maine basketball star to Steph Curry’s business partner.
The UMaine hockey team is returning to Northern Ireland for the 2028 Friendship Four.
