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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Former Katahdin principal Rae Bates on to the school’s tradition of having honor students plant flower barrels for Memorial Day.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Katahdin-area students honor fallen heroes for Memorial Day. For the past 11 years, Katahdin honor society students have planted flower barrels, said former principal Rae Bates, who got the program going her last year at the high school.
Memorial Day was created because Civil War veterans fought for it. The Grand Army of the Republic was largely responsible for making Memorial Day a holiday and creating most of Maine’s Civil War memorials.
The BDN introduces its lobster roll index. The index will keep a running tab on the cost of the beloved summer dish across Maine.
New sushi restaurant opening in Bucksport. Chalee Thai-Sushi To Go will offer a sushi menu, Thai classics, soup and bubble tea.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins and Senate Republicans may try to change Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill
- Maine lawmakers, judicial branch clash over disciplining judges
- Report: Maine has the most land trusts per capita of any state
- Man who won Maine defamation case sentenced to 210 years for child sex abuse
- 2 rescued after falling out of canoe into Orrington stream
- ACLU says ICE is unlawfully detaining Maine man at Cumberland County Jail
- Hampden Academy baseball record doesn’t tell the whole story
- The tush push is still illegal in Maine high school football
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Democrats are mad. So are independents and even some Republicans. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are drawing huge crowds. Despite demands that congressional Democrats do something, Congress seems powerless. But that is not the case.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Bangor’s war memorials can teach us about those who died in the line of duty. Here in Bangor, Mainers can pay tribute at any of the 10 war memorials installed around the city, from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
Maine angler “could barely stand up in the boat because of the waves.” The Labbes said they caught about 14 fish on Maine’s largest lake that day, and probably lost as many.
This Bangor-area paddle is excellent for birding. “For years, I’d wanted to paddle this part of Fields Pond, or was it Sedgeunkedunk Stream?” Outdoors Contributor Aislinn Sarnacki writes.
How to keep snakes out of your yard. Snakes don’t deserve their sinful reputation. There are many perks to having snakes on your Maine property.
Turkey hunt is a tribute to persistence and the memory of a beloved uncle. “Perhaps I had an angel on my shoulder the other day who helped coax that tom into my path. At least that’s what I would like to think,” writes Pete Warner.
