Monday, June 3, 2024

Quote of the Day

“At a time when voters are in some cases finally tuning into a race, you’ll see campaigns do all they can to get their messages aggressively across.”

— Republican strategist Brent Littlefield on the messy 2nd Congressional District primary being waged on conservative radio.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

In a rural Maine town, marijuana grow house raids are leaving residents confused. People in Norridgewock said their former neighbors posed less of a threat than those trafficking more lethal drugs like fentanyl.

The 2nd Congressional District Republican primary is getting messy. State Reps. Austin Theriault and Mike Soboleski are vying to face U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.

A $2 million makeover turned an old Maine post office into a ritzy home. Overlooking the Sheepscot River, it was constructed in 1870 using bricks stolen from Fort Edgecomb.

Property owners have begun registering their short-term rentals with the city of Bangor. But many short-term rentals remain unregistered.

It’s getting harder to find cheap parking in Bar Harbor this year. The summer tourism mecca has increased the number of public downtown parking spaces for which it’s charging the premium rate of $4 an hour.

Maine in Pictures

More News from Around the State

• A Maine mansion with a zipline built by Kobe Bryant’s shooting guru is for sale

• The plans for Maine’s floating wind port, explained

• Maine Democrats cheer Donald Trump’s conviction at state convention

• Protesters call for Gaza ceasefire at Maine Democratic convention

• Early voting is slow ahead of the Republican primary to take on Jared Golden

• Van Buren man to share love of model trains with community

• A show shot in Eastport 20 years ago became the 1st in a new reality TV genre

• Take a food adventure in a beautiful part of Hancock County

• 6 candidates for Bar Harbor council talk housing, cruise ships

• Hancock man sentenced for assaulting FBI agent

• Midcoast homeless agency renames itself to reflect growing need

• Man who died in Rockport explosion was serving prison sentence

• A midcoast hospital program uses gift cards to get people off meth and cocaine

• Monster truck jump brings down power lines, injuring spectators in Topsham

• Missing Maine man was shot, placed in a barrel and left at a sand pit, police say

• Central Maine man gets 2 years for PPP fraud

• Motorcyclist badly injured in Naples crash

• Texan pleads guilty to attempting to sexually exploit 13-year-old Maine child online

• Man who threatened to kill Maine judge indicted for threatening more court officials

• Vermont police won’t charge Maine couple in 1982 death of infant

• Man dies after being struck by tractor-trailer on Maine Turnpike in Kittery

• Bangor Babes sweep doubleheader in college baseball summer league debut

• Bangor girls win silver at Class A track championships

• Ruth White powers Orono to gold in Class C track championships

• Greely sweeps Class B track championships in Bar Harbor

• This freshman from Texas is Washington Academy baseball team’s X factor

• UMaine fires head softball coach after 5-41 season

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Maine farmers and homesteaders have struggled to access veterinary care for decades. That shortage of veterinarians could pose a health hazard — to animals and humans.

Josh Webber was fishing on the Penobscot River in Old Town as he often does. But his Memorial Day catch was anything but usual.

It’s a common sight: A mother deer and her fawn grazing amid Maine’s springtime abundance. This video captures a young fawn and her mother grazing without a care.

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