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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Michael Cole, representing the group under contract to buy the Bangor Mall, on his pledge not to displace existing tenants.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
How the Bangor Mall developer sold his lofty plans to city officials. When developer Michael Cole fired off an email to a Bangor municipal lawyer in September about the Bangor Mall, he wanted to make one thing clear: He wasn’t just another speculator.
This Maine schoolhouse-turned-home has students’ names carved on the walls. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has been fully remodeled, but still shows signs of the students who once learned there.
A Bangor woman has created a “seedling library” to help gardeners. While seed libraries have been popular in Maine, this project takes the concept a step further by offering live plants for free.
This Maine family is sending letters in a quest to find a sheep farm. They are looking for between 10 to 25 acres just north of Portland to live, start a sheep farm and allow their parents to retire.
Legislators greenlight low-cost residential plug-in solar for Mainers. The portable solar panels can be plugged directly into a standard outdoor outlet and placed on the sunny side of a home or balcony.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine GOP projects unity around crowded gubernatorial field at convention
- How hedge fund fire trucks are affecting Maine towns
- Brewer man arrested after fleeing crash that sent woman to hospital
- Dryer fire prompts second alarm in Holden
- Legendary Meduxnekeag Canoe Race set to run Saturday
- Northern Maine’s largest trade show kicks off with a big crowd
- Invasive emerald ash borer found in isolated Aroostook township
- International business leaders tend cross-border connections at northern Maine forum
- Maine corrections recruit who was detained by ICE returns to training
- Woman dead, man critically burned in Hiram house fire
- Former Leavitt High teammates in prominent roles for UMaine football
- Bangor golf course hosting senior amateur tourney for 1st time
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“While all students deserve quality facilities, I think it’s unrealistic to believe that UMaine will keep pace with larger Division I schools that have sizable endowments and more affluent graduates.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Killing spring turkeys is easy. A bow changed how Outdoors contributor Al Raychard hunt them.
Chris Sargent had a secret fishing spot. Then a land trust bought the property and ruined it, the Outdoors contributor writes.
