Today is Monday. Temperatures will be in the low 70s to mid-60s from north to south, with mostly sunny skies throughout the state and a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
A man rides his scooter past the Hannibal Hamlin statue in Bangor’s Kenduskeag Mall on Friday. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Gov. Janet Mills’ decision to soon allow fully vaccinated people to go maskless indoors is a seismic shift in state policy that will affect life across Bangor.
Richard Farrar carries flowers to his pickup truck to transport them to his flower stand Thursday. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
For Richard Farrar, 83, the greenhouse is his happy place. Even though he’s well over retirement age, he loves what he does and doesn’t want to give it up.
Officials from Regional School District 71 are looking into the possibility of purchasing three former MBNA buildings in Belfast, including this one, to use as a school. Credit: Abigail Curtis / BDN
David Crabiel, the chair of the RSU 71 board, said Saturday that the buildings are under contract to another buyer. That means the district will need to find a different solution to the issue of aging and too-small school infrastructure.
In this Aug. 10, 2020, file photo, a youth-led march against homelessness makes its way up Franklin Street in front of the luxury Verdante condominium project in Portland. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
Urged by a cohort of neighborhood activists, a health and human services committee wants a targeted moratorium prohibiting the construction of new shelters in Bayside for half a year.
