Child deaths / November election forecast / Deer Isle causeway erosion

Today is Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the 70s, with scattered morning showers giving way to mostly cloudy skies in the north and partly sunny skies in the south. See what weather is in store for the rest of the day here. Here’s the latest on gas prices in Maine. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.

The latest on the coronavirus in Maine

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will release the latest COVID-19 data by 9:30 a.m. Check out our tracker for more information.

A sign that Maine may not see a GOP wave election in November

But Democrats have not always translated primary edges into general election gains.

State blocks Maine lawmakers from seeing files on child death cases

A top Democrat on the watchdog panel believes the committee can do its work and wait for trials to come in the cases.

Rising tides, erosion worry residents about the only road on and off Deer Isle

The causeway is a vulnerable pinch point that could throw Maine’s busiest lobster port into chaos because of rising sea levels.

Corinth businesses start selling alcohol after voters end dry town legacy

One business owner said adding alcohol to the menu has helped increase profits at a time of rising costs for food and labor.

Why there are Maine townships named for defunct Massachusetts high schools

In most cases, those grants named after schools can be traced back to the very early part of the 19th century, when Maine was still a part of Massachusetts.

Feds will pay Orono mother $8M after clinic didn’t tell her about infant son’s abuse

Alexandria Orduna’s son is now almost entirely blind, and his brain stopped growing at the time of his beating.

Maine universities expect fewer students this fall

The decline in enrollment equates to less tuition revenue for a public university system facing the prospect of years of multimillion-dollar budget deficits.

Families left scrambling following closure of Houlton nursing care unit

Rosa McNally’s 84-year-old mother was a resident of Gardiner Health Care for just two months when the family received word she would have to find new accommodations.

Friends tried using electricity to resuscitate an executed wife-killer in Maine in 1834

Joseph Sager’s trial marked the first time a murderer was found guilty and condemned to death in Maine using now familiar scientific forensic evidence

The reason Maine guides are optimistic for bear hunting season

Many guides are reporting voracious black bears are gobbling up bait faster than they can haul it out to the woods.

Try these foods to know what a Maine summer tastes like 

Food reflects the place, and because of that, it is a badge worn proudly by people all over the country.

In other Maine news …

Police try to locate woman accused of assaulting a child at Levant playground

Old Orchard Beach man accused of assaulting 2nd child

217-year-old Maine church has been vandalized

Man killed in Blue Hill crash

Dead body pulled from river in Lewiston

Crown of Maine Balloon Fest will bring thousands to Presque Isle

Court rules Maine cannabis dispensary owners don’t need to be residents

Developer breaks ground on new Portland cold storage facility

Maine high school sports returns to competitive playoff format

Alum lands ‘dream’ job coaching Foxcroft Academy field hockey team

UMaine’s all-conference tight end poses matchup problems for defenses