Good morning. Temperatures will be in the mid-60s throughout the state.
Here’s what’s happening in Maine today.
This mansion on MDI might be the most expensive private estate in Maine
–Mount Desert Island already has the most expensive house listing in Maine and might have set a record earlier this year for the most expensive house ever sold in Maine, when David Rockefeller’s former estate in Seal Harbor sold for $19 million.
But there is another residential property on the opposite side of the island that may be the most expensive in the entire state, though it is not for sale. According to municipal property assessing records, a private estate on Indian Point Road could be worth more than $23 million. The property includes a bowling alley, a racquetball court, a 400-square-foot vault, wine cellars and a three-story elevator.
The controversy over a dethroned Sea Goddess is not going away
–Directors of the Maine Lobster Festival will consider changes to the decades-old Sea Goddess tradition after this year’s pick for the crown lost her title because of “inappropriate” social media posts. The board of directors held a rare public meeting Tuesday at which some people who attended called for major changes, including the possibility of replacing the Sea Goddess with a festival ambassadorship program open to young women and men.
Bangor delays Pickering Square project after failing to find a contractor
–In August, the city was supposed to begin moving the entrance of the Pickering Square parking garage — but that project has been delayed until either the winter or spring, after Bangor struggled to find a contractor for the project.
The job entails moving the entrance of the Pickering Square parking garage to the opposite, right side, closer to the corner of Water Street, and completing landscape work in a triangular area between Merchants Plaza, West Market Square and Pickering Square.
Child sexual assault survivor hopes new Maine law will prevent future abuse
–When Kayla Garriott was 10 years old, her father began sexually assaulting her during the weekends she spent with him following her parents’ divorce, and it lasted until his eventual arrest.
In 2015, the Maine Legislature passed a law that requires all public school districts in the state to adopt written policies instituting education on sexual abuse prevention for elementary school students. Sen. Joyce Maker, R-Calais, sponsor of the bill, has credited Garriott with contacting her with the hope of helping other young girls who might face the same abuse.
Former MCI star gets a shot to play for the UMaine football team
–Adam Bertrand, who won the Class C football state championship with the Maine Central Institute his senior year, was sure his football career was over and that he would be concentrating on his engineering studies at the University of Maine. However, a midseason tryout with the football team has resulted in a walk-on spot on the squad as a nonscholarship player.
“I’m really excited,” said Bertrand, who is in his second week with the Black Bears. “It’s a great opportunity. Growing up around here, this is a football player’s dream.”
An animal health care company says it plans to bring 1,000 jobs to Portland
–Vets First Choice received city Planning Board approval this week to construct its new $20-million, 170,000-square-foot headquarters in the downtown.
The news comes as Vets First Choice merges with a New York company’s animal health division — a move it says will create one of Maine’s largest publicly traded companies. The merger with Henry Schein Animal Health is expected to close by 2019 and create a company with about $3.6 billion in sales.
Do this: Follow the the money in race to succeed LePage
–Between mid-July and last week, Attorney General Janet Mills raised nearly $800,000 in the race to replace Gov. Paul LePage, with the Democrat more than doubling up Republican nominee Shawn Moody. But the pair have roughly the same amounts left in their campaign coffers.
The BDN compiled this information into all the charts and graphs you need to follow the money race.
In other news…
Maine
Maine Christian school teacher charged with sex crimes against student
5 people arrested in Bucksport drug bust
Ex-state trooper allegedly violates probation through contact with teen girls
Bangor
EMMC suspends ‘suspect’ who allegedly placed camera in a staff bathroom
Authorities bust alleged crack cocaine ring in Bangor
Men who grew marijuana for Bangor head shop owner sentenced
Business
Town divided over tax break, plan to redevelop 500-acre Scarborough Downs property
Some cell phone customers are getting refund checks from federal government; here’s why
Group unveils blueprint to grow Maine’s timber industry by 40 percent
Politics
Behind the numbers in Maine’s latest campaign finance reports
As governor’s race heats up, it still lags behind cash put into LePage’s first contest
LePage signs foreclosure bill, calls it horrible
Opinion
If we want survivors to report sexual abuse, we must listen to them, and act
American women deserve better than Kavanaugh on Supreme Court
Whatever happens, Rosenstein shouldn’t resign
Sports
Patriots place Burkhead, Bentley on injured reserve
Worcester council approves $100M for new PawSox ballpark
MMA to induct four into Mottola hall of fame
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