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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Ger Liang Tysk, owner of Belfast-based Red Kettle Foods, which released a new Maine kelp kimchi this month.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Hancock County towns are grappling with keeping coastal roads above rising seas. Moving “coastal resiliency” projects from planning to construction has been hard for small communities damaged by a pair of historic 2024 storms.
A small nonprofit is on pace to build 22 apartments in Deer Isle and Stonington. The island for years has faced an increasing shortage of housing affordable to local residents.
A well-traveled foodie is making kelp kimchi in Belfast. The new product from Ger Liang Tysk’s Red Kettle Foods is made with napa cabbage and locally grown sugar kelp.
$49 million from the federal government promises to bring high-speed internet to the last unconnected Mainers. The funding will allow connections to 22,000 Maine homes and businesses that have unreliable or nonexistent high-speed internet capability.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine’s ‘red flag’ gun law set to take effect
- Maine lawmakers consider moratorium on new data centers
- Bangor Water District plans more than 10% rate hike
- Fort Kent’s combined bookstore and skincare business 1st of its kind in Maine
- Chief deputy: Washington County sheriff to retire instead of running for reelection
- Maine lawyer and philanthropist shot to death in Maryland
- New Waldo County commissioner steps into role as divide over budget lingers
- Former longtime midcoast state legislator dies at age 73
- Documentarian Frederick Wiseman who captured ‘Belfast, Maine,’ dies at 96
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The research suggests Collins’ 1996 pledge is unlikely, by itself, to be the decisive issue in 2026.”
Opinion: Do campaign promises matter anymore?
LIFE IN MAINE
Too much prime hunting land being posted, Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds says, but incentives might make a difference.
McKenna Ireland is only in eighth-grade but is taking on her first high school basketball tournament.
Bangor’s playoff atmosphere brings “something different” for teams used to playing in Augusta.
