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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Georgeanne Oliver, a former Miss Maine USA contestant, on the phenomenon of “state-hopping,” in which pageant contestants temporarily move to compete in less competitive states. This year’s Miss Maine USA represented Bangor but appears to have had little connection to the city.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A Hampden care home “actively concealed” abuse, one victim’s family said in a lawsuit. It’s the second lawsuit Lee Residential Care is facing in the months after the Bangor Daily News detailed the “grotesque and pervasive” abuse two men suffered.
Miss Maine USA represented Bangor but turned out to have few visible ties to the city. Shelby Howell, who bested two high-profile contestants, may be taking part in a popular practice known as “state hopping.”
A herring boat captain built this Down East home with a million-dollar view. Nearly 60 years ago, Meg McGarvey’s husband, Bill, built this cabin perched high on a headland in Eastport.
A Down East general store has reopened after closing in 2020. Columbia Falls General, which operated from 2018 through 2020 under previous owners, reopened last week.
The Dallas Mavericks won the Cooper Flagg draft sweepstakes. Plenty of Maine basketball fans have already made clear that they would root for Flagg and his new NBA team no matter where he ended up.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Voter ID supporters challenge approved ballot language
- Maine state auditor Matt Dunlap floats challenging Jared Golden in Democratic primary
- Trump administration cuts $35M in grants to help Mainers with digital skills and online safety
- Broadway in Bangor will be pinched for road work later this week
- Old Town house burns after reported explosion
- Man arrested in Alabama for fire that damaged Eddington restaurant last summer
- A Maine man has been missing since Saturday
- It will be raining rabies vaccines over Aroostook County this week
- ‘Experienced outdoorsman’ missing after going into the woods behind his midcoast home
- Stockton Springs selects new town manager
- Man wanted after leading Maine police on chase and forcing woman into his car has been arrested
- Maine man allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend when she broke up with him
- Man safe after he drove his car into a Maine lake
- Mainer allegedly led police on low-speed chase before stealing another vehicle to continue fleeing
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Other states have shown that asking the ultrawealthy to contribute more works.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Maine’s moose permit application deadline is looming. Thousands of people from Maine and across the country enter the lottery to get one of the state’s coveted permits.
One of the “true giants” of Maine basketball has died. Despite standing just 5-foot-9, Steve Pound put up repeated 50-point games at Stearns High School before the advent of the 3-point line.
