Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Quote of the Day

“A $3 T-shirt from a Third World country that pollutes the ocean with dye is not cheap. It simply changes the cost into an unmeasurable cost of environmental destruction.”

— Melissa Majkut in an email in April a month before she died. The group she co-founded, Maine Fibershed, is carrying on in her memory with plans to rebuild the fiber processing industry in a way that benefits the environment, soil and human health.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Here’s the latest on the $84 million Interstate 395 connector project. The Maine Department of Transportation has big hopes for the six-mile highway.

The presidential election should force a pause in Maine’s charged housing market. Sales typically drop in big election years, but the effect on prices is less predictable.

Eight years ago, JD Vance discussed Donald Trump’s rise on a Maine radio show. The interview ends with the future senator discussing the popularity of anti-establishment candidates, including Trump and Bernie Sanders.

A midcoast cafe got a fake bomb threat after the owner made comments about the attempted assassination of Trump. Members of the Maine State Police arrived at Ralph’s Cafe in Brooks late Tuesday morning, along with firefighters.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• Humid heat wave will linger over Maine until Thursday

• Bangor approves 55-room dormitory-style housing

• $485K grant will connect Mainers in recovery and former inmates with jobs

• Massachusetts man allegedly punched Bangor police cruiser outside Waterfront Concerts

• Bangor police warn of scammer impersonating sheriff’s deputy

• Milford man allegedly threatened to blow up house with kids inside

• Injured hiker rescued from Chick Hill in Clifton

• Caribou promotes sergeant to police chief

• Presque Isle airport gets $600K grant to upgrade for larger planes

• Maine will fix storm-damaged road on MDI

• Long midcoast traffic detour ending this month

• Wiscasset shuts down bid to regulate guns near downtown

• Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office needs $8 million in repairs

• Woman killed in Anson crash

• 7 people — including 6 children — injured in Maine rollover crash

• Police closed Route 3 near Augusta for incident

• Flea infestation closes western Maine town office

• Maine’s only cat lounge saved more than 250 homeless felines in its first year

• Skechers sues L.L. Bean, alleges copying of shoe design

• Woman killed in Westbrook crash has been identified

• Jade Haylock takes 6 shot lead in Maine Women’s Amateur golf championships

• UMaine first baseman drafted by San Francisco Giants

New from the Midcoast

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From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

If you’re feeling nostalgic for Maine’s grocers after the news that Tozier’s Market would close another location, there may be hope. Locally owned food markets are still prevalent in some corners of the state.

A volunteer group wants to rebuild Maine’s fiber economy. Bringing back fiber processing is one goal. Finding uses for it outside of textiles is another the group is pursuing.

The Belfast Maskers’ beautifully capture the campy pathos of “Bat Boy: The Musical,” the BDN’s Judy Harrison writes.

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