Good morning. Temperatures will be in the mid-30s with morning snow showers throughout the state.
Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Homeless with 4 kids, a Bangor man called nearly 100 landlords to find a place to live
When Lawrence Bergeron and his four teenage grandchildren were evicted from their Capehart apartment in March, they had nowhere to go but their Toyota minivan. For about the next six months, the family slept sitting up in their car seats, as the 52-year-old grandfather searched in desperation for a place that would accept his federally subsidized housing voucher.
“It was hell,” Bergeron said.
The town that’s home to the University of Maine is grappling with whether to allow marijuana businesses
Orono hasn’t decided yet whether it will allow retail marijuana operations. If it ever does, however, town councilors are taking a look at the rules they might need to have in place to regulate those establishments and keep them away from child care centers and nursery schools. For now, the town keeps extending a moratorium on marijuana businesses.
While Maine has stagnated, Bangor schools’ test performance is trending upward
More than 55 percent of Bangor public school students performed at or above grade level in math during the 2017-18 school year, compared with 37 percent of students in all of Maine, according to Maine Educational Assessment results released last week by the state Department of Education.
Mainers are getting married for the first time later in life
Following a national trend, the average age when people first get married is going up. Nationally, the age for males rose to 29.8 in 2018, up from 26 in 2010. Females married at age 27.8 in 2018 compared to 24 in 2010. The U.S. Census Bureau did not break down marriage numbers by state this year. However, in 2017 the median age for males in Maine to marry was 30.1 compared to 29.1 in 2010. For females the age was 28.3 in 2017 compared to 27.3 in 2010.
Friends and family remember Jason Moody as diehard metalhead, loving friend
Jason Moody was a lifelong musician and lover of heavy metal. His death tore a hole into the tight-knit Maine metal scene, a far-flung group hailing from nearly every corner of the state, which is bonded not just by the love of music, but also by a fierce loyalty to one another.
In other news…
Maine
How a fake website created by a Maine blogger ‘confirmed’ conservatives’ worst fears
Maine offers tax credits to help graduates with student loans. So why don’t more people use it?
Retired Maine Game Warden and author John Ford Sr. dies at 71
Bangor
Former UMaine AD caught on lewd video with students, according to report
Incumbent says he’ll likely withdraw recount request in Penobscot County Treasurer’s race
Snowstorm delays downtown Bangor paving, but city still hopes to finish this month
Business
Blue Hill Co-op prepares to leave downtown next year
Maine sees low unemployment for 35th consecutive month
Regulators block Maine shrimp harvesting for 3 more years
Politics
Judge to hear Poliquin’s ranked-choice objections, request to be declared the winner on Dec. 5
What options Poliquin has left in his quest to keep 2nd District seat
Portland-area Democrats claim all of party’s House leadership posts
Opinion
The tax cut that wasn’t: Why Americans may owe the IRS
Spoilers undermining election system; RCV becomes vulnerable
In Poliquin versus voters, judge puts voters first
Sports
UMaine football team earns first-round bye, Dec. 1 home playoff game
Wells beats Foxcroft Academy to extend win streak, claim third straight ‘D’ football state title
Special-teams play rallies Nokomis past Fryeburg for ‘C’ football state crown
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