Monday, July 1, 2024

Quote of the Day

"The thing that bugs me is the homogenization of architecture — these [new] buildings don't mesh with our traditional architecture. It's the same everywhere, not just Portland. Its vernacular architecture is losing out to cheap buildings because of fast profit and a lack of craftsmanship."

— Mark Marchesi on Portland’s changing architecture.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Mainers are growing older while facing skyrocketing long-term care insurance premiums. After years of increases, half of the state’s residents with long-term care insurance face pending rate hikes.

Last year, many people trying to watch Bangor’s Fourth of July fireworks could only see the very tops of them. The city is taking steps to not repeat the same issues.

Only three people entered this home lottery in Maine’s priciest town. Officials are at a loss as to why so few families applied to the lottery to win it.

Maine’s fire marshal said staff morale was improving. But emails obtained by the Bangor Daily News call into question how much has changed in the office since lawmakers reviewed the agency.

This photographer has chronicled Portland's gentrifying face. Since 2009, he’s been photographing the buildings and neighborhoods that made Portland feel authentic.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• Maine cities applaud Supreme Court ruling that allows public camping bans

• Maine Democrats stand by Joe Biden after ‘painful’ debate with Donald Trump

• Peter Mills is stepping down as director of Maine Turnpike Authority

• Hampden-area schools to present new budget to voters after 1st plan rejected

• Photos: Lainey Wilson brings ‘Country’s Cool Again’ tour to Maine Savings Amphitheater

• Eagle Lake wants to stop pesticide use near public wells

• Simulated military combat game ‘airsoft’ expands at Aroostook County field

• Weather causes balloonists who took off in Maine to land in Canada

• Ellsworth police officer was justified in shooting man last December

• Video shows plane crashing on Swan’s Island

• Frustrations grow on MDI about closure of storm-damaged road

• Rare ‘cotton candy’ lobster among star attractions at reopened Maine aquarium

• Suspect in Maine hit-and-run dies in rollover crash

• Former Portland mayor wins trial over landlord who attempted to evict him

• Feds investigating flight that took off from closed Maine runway

• Georgia woman pleads guilty to stealing $90K from Maine business

• This 10-year-old Orono girl won a national youth race walking event

• UMaine hockey will face several tough opponents in 2024-25

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

There’s no such thing as bad soil, just soil that doesn’t do what people want it to. More Maine farmers are turning to no-till practices to improve the quality of their land.

The removal of a more than 200-year-old dam is reopening a major spawning ground for wild salmon. Biologists hope that a self-sustaining population of fully wild salmon will take hold again in Sebago Lake.

Getting off the beaten track in Maine doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice the little comforts. Julia Bayly writes about her evolution from camping minimalist to outdoor hedonist.

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