Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

Quote of the Day

“We want a ski area, but we don’t want to be Disneyland.”

— Chuck Wagenheim, president of the Moosehead Outdoor Alliance, on changing plans for a partially defunct ski area in the town of Greenville.

Today’s Top Maine Stories

Maine Democrats are feeling anxious energy going into Election Day. A tight presidential race and 2nd Congressional District battle have Maine Democrats feeling what U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree called "nauseously optimistic." Follow the latest Maine election news and updates.

Bangor-area towns are considering consolidating K-8 schools as enrollment plummets. It's a common problem across the state, as rural towns throughout northern Maine have explored consolidation in recent years.

The new YMCA will change the landscape of a Bangor neighborhood. The new building will close portions of two streets and make use of most of a city park.

A Greenville ski area is for sale after a developer’s grand plans fell through. The $126.3 million plan to create a year-round ski resort had been underway for a few years.

Central Maine Power’s parent company was awarded a lease for offshore wind development. Environmentalists praised the sale of the first commercial floating offshore wind leases on the Atlantic coast, but commercial fishermen remain opposed.

News from Around the State

• Maine lawmaker allegedly choked woman when confronted about affair

• Maine Democrats call on Republican facing domestic violence charge to resign

• Do you still visit the Bangor Mall?

• Bangor warns of person knocking on doors offering to return absentee ballots

• Bangor man accused of setting fire to tent and throwing propane canisters into the flames

• 4 vehicles crash while abandoned car towed from I-95 in Bangor

• 2 candidates compete for open seat on Orono Town Council

• Ellsworth mall listed for sale

• Rockland is making much-needed repairs to its breakwater lighthouse

• Midcoast town extends pause on large retail developments

• Laid-off southern Maine restaurant workers getting official help

• Portland variety store is closing after half a century in business

• 21-year-old allegedly shot man multiple times near Portland store

• 2nd man sentenced in southern Maine stolen check scheme

• 2 charged in connection with Biddeford killing

• Senior Atherley nets 4 goals as Bangor girls soccer tops Skowhegan in A North quarterfinal

• Bangor, Camden Hills, Foxcroft Academy, Stearns/Schenck earn football wins

• These are the boys North soccer quarterfinals to watch

• Analysis: UMaine football hit another rocky patch in loss to Rhode Island

Maine in Pictures

From the Opinion Pages

Life in Maine

Illness is on the rise with the surge of tick activity in fall. In addition to Lyme disease, Maine is seeing more anaplasmosis, babesiosis and hard tick relapsing fever cases this year than last October.

“Bambi” is a love letter to the Maine woods. Whatever you take away from the classic Disney film, know that Maine inspired those idyllic scenes of forests, fields and woodland creatures.

Ace Flagg committed to the University of Maine men’s basketball program. The 6-foot-9 forward from Newport made the announcement the same day his basketball phenom brother, Cooper Flagg, announced a deal to market Gatorade.

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