Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

Quote of the Day

“These conversations don't fix everything. They’re just one small step, hopefully in the right direction.”

— Michele Christle, a Waldo County writer who is helping to coordinate One Small Step, a local radio project that pairs people with different views for conversations.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Bangor is planning to close the city’s largest homeless camp at year’s end. It’s not clear what would happen if people living in the encampment refuse to leave or how the city would prevent people from returning.

A Maine radio project is connecting people with different views. The catch is that they can’t speak about politics.

Election polls are flawed, but they may be the best tool we have. "Since the voters we survey in the state are highly likely to actually vote, predicting the outcome of an election can be easier here than in other states," Traverse Burnett, a Portland-based pollster, writes as part of the BDN’s Political Viewpoints series.

Ask the BDN’s political editor anything about the election on Reddit next week. This forum is about Maine elections, including U.S. House and Senate, state and local races, referendums, and ranked-choice voting. It is not about the presidential race or other national issues.

News from Around the State

• Brunswick airport director who resigned after PFAS spill remains on Loring board

• Wreath-making company acquires former Down East mill building

• Auditor shortage is creating a backlog for Maine towns

• A ‘Joy’ duck among items buried in new Belfast time capsule

• Man allegedly threatens woman with gun in Bath and both are arrested

• Why so many midcoast towns have names like Hope and Freedom

• Maine man arrested after fatal Waterville shooting

• Arrest made in deadly Falmouth hit-and-run

• 17-year-old shot in Portland

Maine in Pictures

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Here are six world records held by Mainers — and two we lost. Some world records are just silly, but others actually say a lot about the people who broke them and the places where they happened.

How much does it cost to heat your home with different sources in Maine right now? With the first snowfall and frosts happening across the state, we compared fuels and prices.

Check in on highlights from last weekend’s Maine high school football games. Houlton/Hodgdon/SA/GCHA rallied past Orono, Foxcroft Academy held off Nokomis, and more.

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