Thursday, March 14, 2024

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“With the advent of these Airbnbs, everybody that had a camp that would rent to a seasonal employee is now on the internet, you know, leasing their places out.”

— Franklin County Commissioner Bob Carlton, on why Sugarloaf ski resort is considering a workforce housing project that a neighboring town turned down..

Today’s Top Maine Stories

🚓 Ellsworth residents want to know why their police chief was fired. History suggests they may never find out.

🚨 Two Maine prisoners are under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a dog. The suspected abuse happened in a special unit within the state prison in Warren.

🎙 The show goes on. Pro-Palestinian protesters were unsuccessful in their bid to stop  pro-Israel singer Matisyahu from performing in Portland.

👕 A Holden thrift store is branching out to Piscataquis County. The second-chance hub for clothes and furniture opened in a building that was once a woolen mill.

Photo of the Day

More State News

• Maine lawmakers begin debating gun control responses to Lewiston shooting

• Carmel man dies in Bangor crash

• Feds sue Martin’s Point for allegedly padding payments on veterans care

• Democratic challenger to Angus King qualifies for Maine’s 2024 ballot

• Midcoast district will close 2 elementary schools after next year

• Madawaska port of entry opening delayed to early June

• Canadian man arrested after allegedly trying to steal from Alfond Arena  

• It will cost more than $5M to repair Maine trails damaged in recent storms

• Bangor man caught with drugs and gun while on bail gets 14 years

• Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree back bipartisan bill that could ban TikTok in US

• This Orono forest has a pine tree so enormous it has its own name

• Baxter State Park officials warn eclipse-watchers of park closures, poor weather

• South Berwick school’s gymnasium severely damaged by fire

• Push to turn empty Augusta church into homeless shelter shot down

From Opinion

Life in Maine

Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony was performed Sunday by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra in Orono. It required 74 musicians and ran nearly twice as long as Beethoven’s famous fifth, the Bangor Daily News’ Judy Harrison writes.

Looking for a spring DIY project? Here’s what you should know about building an outhouse, and making honey beehives in Mason jars.

Hunting woodchucks with handguns takes patience and a steady hand. Leighton Wass takes us along for the hunt.

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