Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024

Quote of the Day

“You already know the person you’re pursuing. He hasn’t committed a forcible felony. Then why are you risking other people’s lives?”

— Tom Gleason, a retired police captain and member of the advisory board for a nonprofit that aims to reduce deaths from police chases. Gleason and another expert said a chase that left two people dead in July shouldn’t have happened.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

The police chase before a double fatal Bangor crash last month shouldn’t have happened, experts say. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has a 15-page policy outlining how and when a police pursuit should take place. As in many such policies, the immediate danger is a big factor.

The Bar Harbor businessman fighting cruise ships isn't done yet. Charles Sidman’s efforts to curtail the ships led his detractors to post stickers around town with an expletive followed by his name.

A single Republican megadonor is funding a Maine lawmaker's political operation. A biography at the think tank where he serves as a board member says he “believes we are in a cold civil war and that our enemy — what he calls the ‘Woke regime’ — are winning, in large measure because Republican leaders have yet to engage."

A state oversight board narrowed its inquiry into alleged misconduct by a Maine surgeon. A 2022 investigation by the Bangor Daily News found that Dr. Ian Reight rose to a leadership position despite at least five women submitting complaints about him.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• Canadian wildfire smoke is making Maine’s air unhealthy

• Janet Mills to chat with ‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus

• Mainers can now request absentee ballots for this November’s presidential election

• Maine lobstermen say tiny change in legal sizes could imperil their livelihoods

• Sunken ship is a reminder of Maine’s storied sardine industry

• It’s a challenge to keep residents close to home amid nursing home closures

• Man held at Penobscot County Jail has died

• 13-year-old reported missing from Piscataquis County home

• Another Northern Light hospital eliminates positions

• Propane leak caused Aroostook explosion that destroyed 2 homes

• New owners want to keep the homemade recipes of iconic Caribou sub shop

• Bucksport woman charged with animal cruelty after 27 dogs seized

• Evangelical church to buy UMaine campus in Belfast

• State gives tense presentation on Sears Island wind port project

• Former UMaine player is helping lead ‘resurgence’ of NFL fullbacks

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

The state wants your opinion on protecting farmland from solar farms. Five years ago, Maine made it easier to build ground-based solar projects, which have multiplied across the state, sometimes on land once valued for agriculture.

“Black bass, known as smallmouth or bronzeback in Maine, become particularly aggressive toward topwater baits during the dog days of August,” Bill Graves writes and shares tips on how to bug for them.

Mainers are so scared of browntail moths they’re killing other caterpillars. Tent caterpillars can become innocent victims in the ongoing effort to control browntails.

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