Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024

Quote of the Day

“A town should never have to worry about tourists. If they make it great for the people who live there, everything else happens automatically.”

— Terry Pinto, director of the Rockland Pollution Control Department, during a visit to Newty’s, a new ice cream and coffee shop on the city’s shore that has won over neighbors who once opposed the idea of it.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Maine’s police academy has proposed sweeping changes to expand oversight of officers. Maine police and corrections officers can currently sexually harass their colleagues, ridicule people based on their race or disabilities and more without jeopardizing their license to serve in law enforcement.

Five Democrats are already jockeying to be Maine’s next House speaker. Expect many behind-the-scenes conversations and debates ahead of December, when the House will reconvene and elect the next speaker.

This developer thinks sprawl is one of Maine's biggest housing problems. Tom Landry's new book, “Priced out of Portland,” examines some of the root causes of the housing crisis and advocates for solutions.

An 800-acre hunting compound in rural Hancock County is selling for millions. The property includes a Douglas fir log cabin with more than 5,000 square feet of living space, a woodworking shop, a billiard room, a shooting range and more.

A Brewer park will get an amphitheater for outdoor performances. The park has hosted outdoor performances and events for years, but the space lacked formal seating for audiences.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• Democratic operative withdraws effort to disqualify RFK from Maine’s ballot

• Maine’s high court tosses lawsuit against Janet Mills’ 2023 budget maneuver

• Maine regulators deny Versant’s request to flag high energy use for police

• Military issues new guidelines to detect brain injuries after Lewiston mass shooting

• Bangor has to replace its new public bathrooms

• Final remnants of old Bangor YMCA building are being removed

• Medical examiner says Washburn man’s cause of death is undetermined

• After 7 years, Aroostook mobile home park may soon get clean tap water

• Loring developers have paid off tax bill to Limestone

• Washington County has 2nd-highest gender pay gap in Maine

• ​​Maine group gets $19.4M grant for biomedical research and training

• Business is booming at this once-controversial Rockland ice cream shop

• 9 midcoast swimming spots where you can cool off this summer

• Police arrest 3 in Belfast on drug charges

• Man who nearly drowned in Maine pond has died

• ‘If I did it, I don’t remember,’ woman accused of killing 90-year-old Mainer told police

• Fugitive wanted for home invasion arrested in Maine

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Bangor’s Paul Bunyan statue isn’t allowed to wear T-shirts. The statue on Main Street used to get dressed up all the time before a 1997 showdown between a radio shock jock and a Bangor city councilor.

More Maine high schools are switching to eight-person soccer teams. The shift to fewer players changes gameplay slightly and has largely been adopted out of necessity.

These five bugs might be plaguing your garden right now. Read on for introductions and tips for handling them.

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