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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Steve Clark, whose years-long dispute with the owner of a small neighboring firewood business was the subject of a recent ruling by Maine’s highest court.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Susan Collins opposed Donald Trump’s megabill, but Republicans passed it anyway. The Republican senator joined the rest of Maine’s congressional delegation against the sprawling “big beautiful bill.” In the wake of the vote, Maine hospitals are bracing for “pain.”
Northern Light Health is preparing to make staffing cuts, a top executive told the Bangor Daily News. The health care system is trying to say “the right words,” but stating vague plans may have the opposite effect, an expert said.
Neighbors fed up with a small firewood business needed Maine’s top court to step in. In an area known for tranquil beaches and expensive coastal properties, local disputes have more often been related to shore access.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Janet Mills will delay decision on limiting Maine police cooperation with ICE
- Maine sues Trump administration over mental health funding cuts for schools
- New Maine electricity rates go into effect
- More Maine schools have closed this year than in all of 2024
- Food trucks are coming to Brewer
- Another courthouse in Penobscot County is closed
- Deputy cleared in shooting man during Stonington confrontation
- Bar Harbor extends pause on new lodging into winter
- Maine’s top court tosses dispute over Bar Harbor luxury vacation rental
- Popular Maine waterfront restaurant will reopen after fire
- This proposed midcoast housing project could include child care
- Man wanted for allegedly killing 17-year-old Mainer arrested in Minnesota
- Lewiston police to deploy new surveillance cameras to combat crime
- Central Maine Healthcare systems are back online
- Maine police department publishes digitally altered drug bust photo
- 3 men on the run after armed Maine ATM robbery
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Closing the Office on Smoking and Health will undo decades of progress and put countless lives at risk; it would certainly not make America healthy — again or otherwise.”
Opinion: Dismantling national smoking prevention program will harm Maine people
LIFE IN MAINE
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory to limit eating fish from four new water bodies because of PFAS contamination.
This is what you should do if you ever see these giant jellyfish wash up on Maine’s shores.
There is a reason that BDN Outdoors contributor Erin Merrill didn’t shoot a coyote that showed up behind her house.
It’s time to welcome back the female hummingbirds to your feeders.
These are nine tips and tricks that will help you repel pesky horse and deer flies this summer.
There’s something magical about Maine’s dead zones, BDN Outdoors contributor Ryan Brod says.
