QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jeanette Larkin, whose son was subjected to “grotesque and pervasive” abuse for at least three years at a Hamden care home. One man has pleaded guilty, and criminal charges are pending against three others.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
A mother was unprepared for the “atrocities” her son experienced at a Hampden care home. It is the first time Jeanette Larkin has spoken publicly about the abuse, and it shows how the trauma he endured continues to haunt his family.
Bangor schools have the same security system praised for saving lives in the Georgia shooting. The Centegix system allows school staff to call for first responders and police instantly in the case of an emergency.
The results of a yearlong Maine experiment with universal basic income are in. The study measured what would happen if 20 mothers were each given $1,000 a month with no strings attached.
Susan Collins said she backs a GOP noncitizen voting bill that could cause a shutdown. Noncitizen voting is already illegal in federal elections, but Maine’s Republican senator said passing a bill to clarify the law would be good.
MAINE IN PICTURES
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Feds sue Maine for allegedly segregating children with disabilities
- Federal report OKs Gulf of Maine for offshore wind leases
- Legacy Sandwich Shop in Bangor to close after 14 years
- Motorcyclist dies in Orono crash
- Wind turbine transformer will be hauled from Hermon to Washington County
- 5 people are running for Ellsworth City Council
- Belfast cemetery will soon have a place for cremated remains
- Heavy fire rips through Auburn apartment building construction site
- Maine school district cancels classes because of a ‘credible threat’
- Woman dies after car hit her in Buckfield
- Settlement reportedly reached in Ayla Reynolds wrongful death lawsuit
- Maine police arrest NY man after chase and ‘great resistance’
- Maine 4-year-old fatally struck by car was in day care driveway
- 4 eye-opening results from Maine high school football’s 1st week
- UMaine football team looking to learn from Montana State loss
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“But the debate, and the demeanor, behavior and responses of Harris and Trump could shed light on which candidate is best qualified to lead America for the next four years.”
Editorial: The Trump-Harris debate sets low expectations
LIFE IN MAINE
Here’s what to expect at this year’s Common Ground Country Fair. Maine’s largest gathering for organic farmers, homesteaders and sustainable living will feature more than 1,000 exhibits and events.
Forty years ago, a balloonist broke records after launching from Caribou. Florida native Joe Kittinger’s love of ballooning started long before he found Aroostook County.
A breached dam on Green Lake could threaten Arctic charr. “It is a complicated scenario involving a domino effect with monumental social, economic and biological consequences,” Bangor Daily News Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds writes.
