Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Quote of the Day

"There's something about the way she captured pictures of kids. She was able to get sassy portraits of toddlers.”

— Catherine Cyr, associate curator at the Maine Maritime Museum, who helped put together a new show in Stonington featuring photos by Josephine Ginn Banks. Banks captured the area at the height of its granite cutting around the turn of the 20th century.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

The closure of 2 downtown Bangor venues dealt a blow to the city’s cultural scene. Artists who relied on the stages are now wondering where they’ll go to keep performing for the community.

Donald Trump’s new Republican platform is creating tension on the right. Its softer stance on abortion is not sitting well with a segment of Maine conservatives.

A fading Down East mansion for sale comes with a man to fix it up. Local stonemasons crafted the house in 1915 on a private, artificial peninsula on Bog Lake, a 15-minute drive from Machias.

An exhibition of long-lost photos show Stonington in its granite-cutting heyday. “Images of Stonington’s Past: Early Twentieth Century Photography by Josephine Ginn Banks” opens Thursday.

Invasive fruit flies spared strawberries in the Bangor area, but other summer berries ripening across the state, including blueberries, might not be so lucky.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• State trooper fatally shoots Limerick man after police chase

• Maine man killed in Hollis crash

• Unity Environmental University’s online pivot wins students but rankles alums

• Bangor police officer who caused U-turn crash is 9-year veteran

• Chellie Pingree quiet after ‘dour’ meeting on Joe Biden that Jared Golden didn’t attend

• Passamaquoddy rep who has fought for clean water to be honored

• It’s about to get harder to bring dogs into the US

• Maine town warned of mosquito-borne illness

• Residents ask Fort Kent for emergency route into trailer park after fire

• Why thousands of Mainers lost power in Hancock County Monday night

• Maine man who prompted shelter-in-place order found dead in river

• Man shot by New York police was Maine doctor with history of misconduct

• Maine deputy charged with domestic violence after allegedly firing shot into ground

• Expanded MaineCare coverage saved Maine hospitals $126M during pandemic

• Former Holy Cross coach lands UMaine softball job

• Cooper Flagg’s ‘Maine attributes’ helped him shine against USA Olympians

• Cooper and Ace Flagg to host youth camp at UMaine in August

• Hayes, Spaulding share lead after 1st round of Maine Amateur golf championship

• Cape Elizabeth’s Maxwell’s Farm to close after 50 years

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

What do migrating birds do in the summer between their arrival and fall departure? Before Bob Duchesne was a bird guide, he figured they just hung around waiting to be identified.

If you catch a togue in Moosehead Lake, you should keep it. According to a state biologist, the lake has too many of the fish.

For some Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, Katahdin is not the end of the road. The International Appalachian Trail follows the remnants of a 250-million-year-old Pangean mountain range across the ocean to Greenland, Europe and Africa.

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