Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the mid- to low 70s from north to south with mostly sunny skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

Bangor parents await decision on whether Katahdin-region outbreak will affect city schools

• After months of planning their childrens’ return to school, Bangor parents are concerned about the possibility of resuming remote learning next week if the state’s health advisory system places Penobscot County in a higher risk category.

60 years ago, John F. Kennedy visited Presque Isle

• It was Sept. 2, 1960. Dwight Eisenhower was president, and two other World War II veterans were facing off for America’s highest office: Republican Vice President Richard Nixon and Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy. Kennedy's appearance was only 45 minutes, but all these decades later, he remains among the most famous figures to ever set foot in Presque Isle or Aroostook County.

Maine economists expect bumpy ride through 2020 and beyond, but not all news is bad

• Maine's economy this year promised robust growth and no recession in January, but two months later, the pandemic upended those expectations and the lives of thousands of workers and businesses.

New book reveals treasures within Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument


 

• Deep in the heart of Maine’s wilderness, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument covers 87,563 acres of mountains, rivers and forest. But what’s really there? Why was it worth conserving?
  
  Author, educator and explorer Eric E. Hendrickson of Presque Isle tackles these challenging questions in his new book, “Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument,” published in July by The History Press.

• Will there be enough game officials to cover all of Maine’s interscholastic sports events this fall, if and when they are played?
  
  Surprisingly the answer may be yes, at least during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In other Maine news...

• Innovative Maine companies get more than $2M in voter-approved bond money

• Bear season outlook is a mixed bag for Maine guide businesses

• Man serving life sentence for Colby College student’s murder dies in prison