Monday, Sept. 23, 2024

Quote of the Day


“The town is going to continue to be stuck in this rut of lying, bullying and Facebook slander, and I hate it.”


— Nate Sessions, Harrison Select Board member, on his town’s dysfunction.


Today’s Top Stories

The lakeside town of Harrison bills itself as the “Friendly Village.” But politics there have been anything but friendly, with parking lot confrontations, social media mudslinging and budget fights.

Maine’s surviving cranberry farmers are finally expecting a bumper season. There are only 15 cranberry farms left in the state, down from 40 in 2003.

These are the takeaways from Maine’s watchdog agency investigations into four child deaths. The reports examined the deaths of Hailey Goding, Maddox Williams, Jaden Harding and Sylus Melvin.

Maine’s 66 lighthouses were added to a list of the most endangered historic places. Some of the state’s coastal beacons sustained significant damage during January’s devastating twin storms.

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Life in Maine

A Maine program that provides wild game meat to food pantries has been around since 1996, but less than half the processors registered with the state take part in the program.


If you thought broadheads were just sharp points at the end of a stick, then hang on. BDN Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent writes about getting lost in a sea of broadhead companies, styles, designs and sales pitches.


After months of salads, grilling and other summer treats, it can be satisfying to heat up the kitchen on a cool fall day and cook and bake classic Maine comfort food.


These mites are almost too small to see, but they can harm your grain stores. They can eat the nutritional parts of the grain that your livestock need and sometimes spread disease-carrying fungi.


What started as a hobby of collecting the nests, eventually became a side business to remove hornets for people. And Tice Jacques does that without using any pesticides.


Autumn is great hiking weather if you’re prepared. Here are a few tips to make your hikes a little more comfortable and safer.

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