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QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Marc Roy, a Lewiston-based accountant working to prepare The Forks Plantation for audits after its government collapsed in 2023.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
What to know as the Northern Light and Anthem contract deadline nears. While there’s still a chance for an agreement to keep Northern Light services in Anthem’s network, there’s no guarantee despite the high stakes for both sides.
A second insurance-free medical clinic is coming to Aroostook County. Maria Rutmann will open her own direct primary care practice, Lionheart DPC, in Presque Isle this month.
Two years after its government collapsed, a remote Maine community is still digging out. Turnover and poor bookkeeping practices have slowed a return to normal after a 2023 scandal roiled the community known best for whitewater rafting.
Police turned off the cameras in a Maine home while searching for drugs, torpedoing their case in the process. Kristy Braggs found a disabled Ring camera in her microwave after the search that led to the arrest of her husband, Steven Braggs.
Schoodic-area towns are trying to do something about the housing crunch. As places to live continue to be scarce throughout Maine, towns east of Ellsworth are looking at ways to bring in more affordable housing.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Bill Diamond, prominent Maine politician and anti-child abuse crusader, dies at 80
- Bernie Sanders rallies with Troy Jackson and Susan Collins’ new challenger
- What Maine Democrats beleaguered by Donald Trump want from their party
- Chellie Pingree calls on border officials to investigate Wabanaki elder’s complaint
- Maine prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice
- Facing pushback on land, Maine’s space industry looks to the sea
- Signs you aren’t ready to buy a home in Maine
- 200 attend Labor Day protest of Trump administration in downtown Bangor
- Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls co-headline in Bangor
- Fort Kent Outdoor Center launches plan to make up for lost funding
- Body of missing Massachusetts man found off midcoast island
- Plane crashes on Flagstaff Lake 2 days after deadly boat flip
- Hiram man killed in fiery single-car crash
- Suspect in custody after death of Portland man in Massachusetts
- How Skowhegan cross country went from barely having a team to winning meets
- Liberty football scores 28 unanswered points to subdue UMaine
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Systems that were designed to carry people through old age too often falter, leaving families to carry the weight alone.”
LIFE IN MAINE
Choose your own Maine birding experience during the fall migration.
Why your next cooking project should be herbal vinegar.
Why these Mainers headed north for the fish of a lifetime.
