QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Jonas Esch of Moosehead Meats on the new off-the-grid custom meat processing plant in the Smyrna Amish community in Aroostook County.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
A Maine contractor is blamed for a trail of shoddy and undone work, and no one can make him pay. Orders against Jake Brown’s companies total more than $400,000, yet the money owed to his clients could be in the millions.
Presque Isle supportive housing complex is nearly full two weeks after opening. The homes offer flexible time and payment options at a time when the state lacks about 18,000 units of housing that people with low incomes can afford.
Shawn McBreairty’s widow is continuing his lawsuit over Brewer schools’ transgender policy. It was unclear in the months after McBreairty’s death if the lawsuits he filed would continue with a different plaintiff.
Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley sat down with the Bangor Daily News for a conversation on Maine, accepting November election results and the 2nd Congressional District race. Whatley was in Bangor on Saturday for a “Protect the Vote Tour” event.
Belfast is considering its vulnerability to sea level rise. A potential study comes in response to the devastating damage to the city’s waterfront in back-to-back storms in January.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Dockworkers at ports up and down East Coast go on strike
- Maine oversight board approves overhaul of police misconduct rules
- Maine legislative committee voices unanimous support for fire marshal nominee
- Advocates say limiting syringe programs is not the answer to needle waste
- Cancer patients continue to struggle with long travel times to treatment
- Ex-boyfriend denied bail for allegedly killing Bangor woman
- Elon Musk’s pro-Donald Trump super PAC is hiring in Bangor
- Longtime Brewer city manager retires
- Amish farmers open custom meat processing plant in Aroostook
- UMaine potato breed edges out longtime favorites
- The search continues for missing Aroostook girl
- Caribou man dies in Aroostook motorcycle crash
- Ellsworth police fill out command staff with new promotions
- Roux Institute kicks off climate tech incubator
- Bangor beats Lawrence and other week 4 football highlights
- Analysis: UMaine football is winning by limiting opponents’ explosive plays
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“The critical role of families in identifying and intervening when a loved one begins to radicalize is both essential and undervalued.”
Opinion: Maine must help families at the frontline in the fight against violence
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine ticks are about to get more active. The young ticks that plagued your spring and summer are all grown up and looking for a meal as October begins.
Is using a trail camera for hunting fair play? “At least seven U.S. states have implemented bans or restrictions on the use of trail cameras for recreational hunting,” V. Paul Reynolds writes. Maine isn’t one of them.
Here are the right and wrong ways to use different Maine apple varieties. There are more than 100 kinds, according to the Maine Pomological Society.
