Today is Monday. Temperatures will be in the mid-70s with sunny skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

After a cancer battle, he had the burial he wanted — in his backyard

• Luke Bryant, a jack-of-all-trades — husband, father, brother and son — wanted to live free. Free from debt, free from unnecessary complications and free from being told what to do. He died that way, too.

On campaign trail, Sara Gideon pairs progressive policy and bipartisan rhetoric

• Bipartisanship has been a hallmark of Maine’s Senate delegation, which has historically had an outsized role in national politics. Collins, a Republican, has often been named the most bipartisan senator and is the most liberal member of her caucus, though opponents argue she has tied too often herself to the party as it has drifted right.

• Orange galls, fuzzy galls or fuzzy orange galls, no matter what you call them if you have an oak tree in your yard or on your property you likely have them. The culprit is the Cynipid wasp, a tiny member of the Vespidae family that lays its eggs on oak tree leaves.

In other Maine news...

• Presque Isle standoff began after man threatened officers, police say

• Downtown Bangor pride flag murals defaced

• A look at the anti-racism rally in Portland on Saturday