Tuesday, April 23, 2024

“Thank you, and Xiuqin Xie for meeting me yesterday to discuss the operations of your spa at the captioned location. As we discussed, employees of your spa, sometimes two at a time, rub oil on customers.”

— Scott Davis, code enforcement officer for the city of Bath, in a cease-and-desist letter to a representative of Xinye Spa based on a determination that the massage parlor would be classified as an “adult business.”

Today’s Top Maine Stories

At a rare hearing on whether to oust a county sheriff, Oxford County commissioners said they lost trust in Sheriff Christopher Wainwright.

The lakeside home of a Maine Basketball Hall of Famer is for sale for $3 million. Yes, there’s an indoor basketball court.

Maine basketball phenom Cooper Flagg signed with an LA-based talent agency. The deal concerns endorsements and sponsorships, newly allowed in college hoops.

Bangor High School has slipped since last year, while Hampden has vastly improved. That’s according to U.S. News and World Report, which released its 2024 rankings of the best high schools in the country today.

The remains of a Windham man missing for almost a year have been found in New Hampshire. Alex Jackson’s parents reported him missing in May 2023. His alleged killer, Joseph Chute, has already been charged with murder.

Maine in Pictures

Video of the Week

Mainer Julia Gagnon has been wowing both the judges and the viewing public on “American Idol” this season. Last night, the Cumberland resident advanced to the top 10, after two episodes that saw her show off her vocal pyrotechnics, including this version of Whitney Houston’s “Run To You” from Sunday night. The next episodes featuring Gagnon are set for April 28 and 29.

More News from Around the State

• Janet Mills signs $10.47B budget with added mental health initiatives and storm relief

• Environmentalists sue Maine over failure to act on climate change

• Maine awarded clean energy grant under federal solar program

• Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes climbs

• Hermon School Committee to start interviewing interim superintendent candidates

• Caribou canoe race is a week earlier in hopes of higher water

• Houlton siding plant seeks new air emissions license

• Missing Dexter teen found safe

• Dover-Foxcroft library cards now free for nonresidents thanks to ‘sizable’ gift

• Man accused of shooting at his father-in-law in Milo

• Down East hospital nurses will strike this month

• Suspect taken into custody after MDI house fire

• Bath forces spa that gives unlicensed massages to close or move

• Manager seeks back pay after Knox County cancels solar contract

• Attorney general clears deputies in fatal shooting outside Rumford police station

• Police officer was justified in killing Bucksport man, AG rules

• Maine gunmaker reopens under new ownership

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

“How hard could it be to get a few ducklings from the feed store and set them up in my apartment?” Bangor Daily News Homestead reporter Elizabeth Walztoni asked herself. Here’s what she learned.

About 60 kids will get to hunt turkeys through a nonprofit group. Moose Maine Kids' director said it’s the highest enrollment in the turkey hunting program thus far.

Not long after Shawna Stevens ice-fished an Atlantic salmon at Schoodic Lake, Jason Smith produced a photo of what could have been the same fish.

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