Good morning. Temperatures will be in the low 40s throughout the state.
Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
A veteran Democrat will represent Bangor and Orono residents in Augusta after a special election
–Joe Perry, a former state representative, state senator and Bangor city councilor, won a special election Tuesday with 64 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results. H faced Thomas White, a 24-year-old Bangor Republican in the contest to fill the vacancy left by Attorney General Aaron Frey.
A group of Washington County school districts risk losing a $2 million state grant
–They can’t agree on a location for a new vocational education center. If they can’t reach a consensus by the end of the month, they risk losing a $2 million grant the Maine Department of Education awarded them in January. The front runners for the site location are a former supermarket in Columbia and a former car dealership in Machias.
A forgotten neighborhood in midcoast Maine is on the verge of returning as affordable housing
–Midcoast Habitat for Humanity bought land in Rockland where 13 cottages inhabited by working families once lived. Those cottages are gone, but plans are moving forward to add a dozen small, affordable homes there.
A Deer Isle man will serve nine months in jail for assaulting a family and biting a state trooper
–Justice Robert Murray sentenced 44-year-old Richard Bubar on Monday to five years imprisonment, with all but nine months suspended, for the assault of four family members on July 29, 2018. While out on bail for that offense last month, he crashed a pickup truck in Sedgwick. He punched a witness’ vehicle and bit a trooper’s gloved hand while police were putting him in a cruiser.
A Hancock smoked seafood business will reopen after overcoming its latest hurdle: the government shutdown
–A smoked seafood business in Hancock expects to be up and running by the end of the month. Sullivan Harbor Farm had been planning to reopen in December, but the federal government shutdown delayed the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of required paperwork. Before that, the business faced an employee’s embezzlement and a shutdown by federal regulators. Owner Leslie Harlow has since bought out a former co-owner and invested thousands to train her employees in proper seafood handling.
The man who caused a standoff at a Brewer motel last fall has been released from jail
–Gary Green, 63, of Brewer was waving a replica of an AK-47 at himself in the parking lot of the Village Green Motel when police from multiple agencies arrived at about 7 p.m. on Oct. 4. Police ended the standoff by using non-lethal impact ammunition to disarm Green.
Do this: Cook an Irish meal for St. Paddy’s Day
–Irish cooking has a lot in common with traditional Maine cooking. It’s a small country surrounded by the sea so oysters, salmon and periwinkles appear on Irish menus, too, and like the rest of the British Isles, so does smoked haddock. So imagine combining smoked haddock with potatoes and a good cheddar. It turns out to be a rich and savory combination, and doesn’t take long to prepare.
In other news…
Maine
Brothers freed after road trip that ended with ‘stupid’ stunt causing chaos at Houlton border
Men charged with Biddeford hate crime accused of another attack in Portland
Town in talks to buy beach after a century of private ownership
Bangor
Catholic priest for more than 60 years, who celebrated his first Masses in Latin, dies at 87
What to expect at this year’s Maine Science Festival
The road construction projects you’ll encounter in Bangor when winter turns to spring
Business
What’s next in our quest to improve the comments
New York company buys Aroostook Centre Mall with plans to add tenants
Mackerel fishery to be scaled back for rest of 2019
Politics
Paid sick leave debate highlights challenge Maine Democrats face to satisfy allies
Lawmakers won’t change state flag, ask secretary of state to come up bicentennial flag instead
Bill would block lawmakers from using PACs as their ‘own personal lending agency’
Opinion
We found hope in a hopeless place — the comment section
Workers lose with Trump administration’s proposed overtime rules
Why I support eliminating most vaccination exemptions
Sports
UMaine men’s basketball rebuilding effort a journey in progress
UMaine football team hires 2 more assistant coaches
‘The Pit’ was rocking again for UMaine-UAlbany playoff game
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