Good morning. Temperatures will be in the mid-50s to the low 60s from north to south, with a chance for rain throughout the state.
Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
‘I saw my femur pop out of my leg’
–“I grabbed my broken femur and shoved it back into where I thought it was supposed to be,” Casey Streeter continued. Blood was pouring out of his leg after a log truck claw closed on it during a worksite accident, and the Maine boxer thought he was going to die.
Now, more than eight months later, he’s getting back in the ring.
2 new Stephen King works to be adapted for the screen
–“Sleeping Beauties,” the 2017 novel co-written by King and his son, Owen King, will be developed into a TV series by AMC. Owen King will write a pilot script for the network.
Then “Rest Stop,” a short story written by Stephen King that was first published in the December 2003 issue of Esquire magazine, will be adapted into a film by Alex Ross Perry.
There’s a big new twist in the fight over Belfast’s Harbor Walk
–Paul Naron, who owns property that connects two key elements of the walk, has placed the property on the market, raising the stakes in his conflict with city officials over contract zoning for the parcel.
After clearing more than 4 tons last year, Belfast’s trash army is ready for a new campaign
–Volunteers clad in orange T-shirts removed 4.27 tons of trash from Belfast’s byways last year. Organizers of this year’s cleanup — which is slated for May 4 — hope that less refuse has accumulated in the past year. But they are ready to do whatever it takes.
Here’s how it feels to paddle through the rapids at Six Mile Falls in the Kenduskeag
–Jake Feener of Patten carried a GoPro camera for the BDN as he and his crew paddled their way through the rapids at Six Mile Falls in the 53rd Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race.
In other news …
Maine
Former NH lawmaker has moved to Maine and gone ‘off-the-deep-end chicken crazy’
Kennebec River flooding forces closure of Front Street in Augusta
Bangor
Bangor police move to clear another camp where homeless people live
Man accused of pirating, selling videos faces new mail fraud charge
Six Mile Falls soak canoeists during the 53rd Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
Business
Maine woman wants to start a seaweed farm that would employ women in recovery
Maine businesses already feeling consequences of visa complications
Maine has 171,300 jobs related to international trade, study says
Politics
Maine’s latest attempt to ban conversion therapy gains momentum
Maine Democrats face harder sell to enact Gideon’s signature family leave bill
Angus King slams Trump for ‘reckless judgment’ after reviewing Mueller report
Opinion
Privacy protections strengthen the internet
State action offers hope on Earth Day
From loss to love for someone ‘from away’
Sports
Red Sox beat AL East-leading Rays in 11 to finish sweep
UMass baseball team rallies for win over UMaine
Albany softball team rallies for 12-inning win to complete sweep of UMaine
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