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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Fayth Weed, a longtime musher and medical team leader for the Can-Am sled dog races in northern Maine, recalling her partner’s surprise marriage proposal after this year’s race.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Graham Platner’s frontrunner status has changed the tone of the race with Janet Mills. A recent University of New Hampshire poll found the governor 38 points behind the political newcomer in the race for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
A Republican lawmaker advocating for a new courthouse says funding it “isn’t rocket science.” The Newport District Courthouse has been closed for more than a year after mold was found in the building.
There is more Maine can do to fix its housing crisis, Mills said Monday. The governor appeared at the Main View Apartments in Orono to celebrate the 24 units remaining affordable for the older and disabled adults who live there.
The state reversed its plan to close a major Caribou bridge during construction. Locals had slammed the bridge closure as “crazy,” “unacceptable” and “devastating.”
The owners of an Orland brewery bought a garden supply center in Blue Hill. The sale marks the end of an era for Mainescape founder Don Paine and his wife, Althea, after decades running the business.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Janet Mills calls Iran strikes ‘unconstitutional and illegal’
- Angus King says Americans deserve rationale for airstrikes against Iran
- Knife-wielding man allegedly threatened to kill people at Bangor office building
- Police arrest man after overhearing alleged assault at Bangor hotel
- Penobscot County woman on bail for trafficking meth re-arrested after bail check
- Aroostook police arrest man for 3rd time in 15 months on drug charges
- Man allegedly vandalized a Stonington market
- 2 local sisters in their 20s take over Northport’s Bayside Store
- Maine man pleads guilty in midcoast drug-related killing
- Mainer charged in death of Irish farmer
- Dogs thought to have started Maine house fire that killed them
- Border agents arrest more farmworkers in Skowhegan, including at least 1 asylum-seeker
- Man allegedly assaulted Maine security guard
- This father-daughter duo helped make basketball history for their northern Maine town
- The future looks bright for this young basketball team from Down East Maine
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The Franco-American experience in Maine can help us understand the cyclical nature of attacking immigrants during times of great economic change.”
Opinion: A century ago, Franco-Americans were targeted in Maine like today’s Somali immigrants
LIFE IN MAINE
A Minnesotan is the likely winner of the Can-Am 250, and another musher got a surprise proposal at the dog sled race.
Maine’s best high school basketball players had insane games on the biggest stage. Even the governor got swept up in the excitement of the tournament.
Baxter State Park’s first ranger was called to duty when Donn Fendler disappeared on Katahdin.
