Wednesday, April 3, 2024

“We’ve always been in food service and wanted to do something of our own. We wanted a name that would stand out and get people talking.”

— Chad Saunders, who along with partner Miranda Dewitt bought Bechard’s Grille in Caribou two weeks ago after learning it would close by April 1. The couple plan to keep the restaurant open under a new name.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Good luck finding a short-term rental in the path of the eclipse. Vacancies in Maine’s sweet spot are approaching their own kind of totality.

Where you can view the solar eclipse in Maine. Check out these watch parties and viewing locations in various towns in the direct path of the celestial event.

Forestry experts are trying to keep a pine-killing beetle from infesting Maine. Of special concern are the 3,000-acre Waterboro Pine Barrens.

Orono’s Artsapalooza Festival is in jeopardy. The town is weighing whether to step in after the longtime organizer backed out.

Aaron Parker might have the largest collection of Maine DIY show flyers on the planet. The photocopied bills are a slice of history from a raw and fleeting cultural moment.

Maine in Pictures

More News From Around the State

• Susan Collins pushes ‘urgent’ action after report links Russia to ‘Havana Syndrome’

• Razor-thin vote moves Maine toward dumping Electoral College

• Maine lawmakers advance plan to study but not ban new natural gas lines

• Man shot on Highland Avenue in Bangor

• Tractor-trailer crash snarls traffic on I-95 in Bangor

• Water ‘spewing’ out of pipe caused sinkhole in Bangor

• Smashing Pumpkins to play Bangor Waterfront in August

• Hermon superintendent will resign at end of school year

• Train strikes a car north of Bangor

• Deer Isle restaurant is among Food and Wine’s top 20 restaurants in the US

• Deer Isle senior housing project to keep $184K in donations

• A Maine Maritime grad is leading the Baltimore bridge collapse investigation

• Bowdoin student found dead in Topsham parking lot died by suicide

• Maine’s expanding charging network could boost confidence in electric vehicles

• Leeds man accused of killing missing Windham man makes 1st court appearance

• School bus got tangled in powerline on Maine’s coast

• Driver killed in I-95 crash in Clinton

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Most of the stores we used to shop at are long gone. Here are six Maine or New England-based chains you probably remember.

Wakesurfing rules are coming. If approved by Gov. Janet Mills, the law would take effect just in time for wakesurfing season.

A massive bright red “lifting device” recently traveled down the Penobscot River. The 110-foot tall machine was on its way from Brewer to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.

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