A version of this story first appeared in the Morning Update newsletter. Sign up here to receive the Morning Update and other BDN newsletters directly in your inbox.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Bill Sturrock, a former homesteader who worked on his land for 30 years with Mary-Michael Billings.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Paul LePage is embracing the key parts of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” It puts LePage at odds with U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat, who will be trying to keep his seat in Maine’s 2nd District in 2026.
Aging homesteaders who came to Maine in the 1960s and ‘70s are leaving the lifestyle. But that doesn’t mean that they have left behind the ethics and skills they learned while living off the land.
A grand mountaintop Maine mansion and former glass museum is for sale. The house on Douglas Mountain in Sebago was created to be a glass art dealer’s main residence before it became a museum.
Bangor has partnered with Wabanaki Public Heath and Wellness to clean up syringes around the city. The partnership with Health Equity Alliance ended amid an ongoing HIV outbreak in the Bangor area.
Milford residents will vote this evening on more than 20 articles regarding the school budget and two articles after the proposals failed to pass. The Select Board abruptly shut down the June 17 meeting after residents voted down one article.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Laurel Libby and Maine agree lawsuit over identifying transgender student is now moot
- Maine bans ‘floating camps’
- ICE arrests in Maine are up 50 percent since Trump took office, according to new data
- 17-year-old girl seriously injured in Eddington motorcycle crash
- Man charged with manslaughter after allegedly driving drunk, killing passenger in Dover-Foxcroft
- Man gets 25 years for holding his Maine wife captive and forcing her to give birth on bathroom floor
- Maine Warden Service seeking information on illegal dumping in Cherryfield
- Deer Isle teen drowns in pond
- Earthquake shook rural Hancock County town
- A Maine company is growing by offering an alternative to Slim Jims
- Slain Maine paddleboarder remembered as ‘strong, self-made’ woman
- Marine patrol searching Kennebec River for Maine man who tried to save dog
- Man allegedly chased people with a hockey stick at Maine store
- What to expect when Cooper Flagg makes his NBA debut this week
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“I had been praying that I would get one last chance to see my dad, to hold his hand and hear him say, ‘I love you.’”
Opinion: The final journey of former Maine state Sen. Harold L. Silverman
LIFE IN MAINE
Mainers are clamoring to visit a handful of Amish markets and stores in Aroostook County. The goods range from locally-farmed meat to wood-fired pizza.
It’s the perfect time to plan a boating trip if you’re interested in coastal birds. Three trips run by Bar Harbor Whale Watch will get you a view of more than whales.
Sometimes you just need to get away from people. A trip to the North Woods may be the secret to recharging your emotional and social battery.
You don’t get to see Maine’s water-loving animals up close just any day. But that’s what happened to Kittiya Reeves yesterday morning.
