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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Luke Dyer, manager of the Aroostook County town of Van Buren, on plans for a town-run community hub and small business incubator, created in collaboration with university students from Philadelphia.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Jonathan Bush says Maine is thinking too small about its economy. The nephew of President George H.W. Bush and the cousin of President George W. Bush is not launching a campaign in Maine yet, but he is taking a new step onto our political stage.
A Democrat with national ties announced his 2026 bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Jordan Wood joins a field of potential Democratic contenders, including Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis, Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and former state Sen. Cathy Breen.
The parts of Maine hit hardest by the housing crisis are far from the coast. Here are three areas where housing prices have risen the most since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Explore this map of home value increases across the state.
A new bill would give police the option to refer kids accused of crimes to state health officials instead of sending them to juvenile court. But discussion among lawmakers last week hit a familiar snag: How exactly would the collaboration between health and corrections officials work?
The Bangor Daily News sued the town of Orrington for records on the local trash plant. We are seeking records of the town’s invoices, receipts, other payments and contracts between Orrington and the Eagle Point Energy Center.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- North Atlantic right whales gave birth to 11 babies this season
- The Democratic plan to bring ranked-choice voting to Maine’s next governor’s race
- Federal judge recuses himself from Maine Title IX lawsuit
- Philadelphia students are helping Van Buren create a business incubator
- Nurses get 1,400 signatures in plea to keep Aroostook birthing unit open
- Bangor man dead after 2-county police chase ends in crash
- Maine’s top court allows lawsuit over Hancock County inmate’s death to proceed
- Man found dead in Acadia National Park
- Acadia’s carriage roads are now open to walkers
- Brunswick tightens its rental registry
- Here are the biggest transportation projects coming to the midcoast
- 2 dead after crashing SUV into tree and it burst into flames in Maine town
- Maine motorcyclist seriously injured after colliding with SUV
- Man accused of walking down the road shooting a pistol in central Maine
- A Lewiston man is missing
- 2 Maine police departments withdraw application to partner with ICE
- Engine that exploded aboard cruise ship in Maine needed an oil change, investigators say
- Old Town-Orono hockey coach is retiring after 22 years behind the bench
- Former Miss Maine Basketball and UMaine transfer is looking forward to playing at USM
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Maine legislators are debating the budget now, and there is a very real chance that Free College will continue to get popular support, but not get funded at the end of the session.”
LIFE IN MAINE
A 66-year record for biggest brook trout caught in Moosehead Lake has been broken. Tim Obrey, regional fisheries supervisor, tells the story.
Here are the final results of the 2025 Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. As unofficial race-day results suggested, a Canadian kayaker had the top time for the 19th year in a row.
BDN contributor David Small took these amazing photographs of ospreys fishing in the Narramissic River in Orland.
