Today is Monday. Temperatures will be in the 30s with a chance for snow or rain throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
The latest on the coronavirus in Maine
Two more Mainers have died and another 188 coronavirus cases have been reported across the state, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That brings the statewide death toll to 2,195. Check out our tracker for more information.
New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show all counties, except Hancock County, have a low risk of community transmission.
The University of Maine System has dropped its mask mandate for most campus spaces.
Maine legal expert on child porn is involved in case against Eliot Cutler
Maine’s “go-to” legal expert on child pornography cases helped build the case against former Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler.
- District Attorney Matthew Foster alleges that police witnessed Eliot Cutler inform his wife that he was in possession of child pornography.
- Cutler was bailed out of jail on Saturday after his arrest.
- The two-time gubernatorial candidate was was arrested Friday afternoon on felony charges.
- Cutler hired Walter McKee, a top Maine criminal defense lawyer, after state police searched his Portland and Brooklin homes on Wednesday.
- He also resigned from his role at the Lerner Foundation, a nonprofit aiming to help students from rural Maine attend college.
Maine woman wants to humanize the state’s most notorious child murderer
The gruesome details of her real, and imagined, crimes make Patience Boston the most infamous prisoner ever held at York’s Old Gaol.
A retired Maine couple couchsurfed while delays beset their dream home
Starting in their daughter’s basement in what they thought was a temporary move, they ended up living in 22 different places.
No one knows how many gallons of ‘forever chemicals’ are flowing in Maine’s waters
Wastewater treatment plants make the water safe enough to pump back into a waterway, but they don’t treat it for PFAS, and they’re not required to.
In Houlton and Belfast, metal roofs made it more difficult for firefighters to put out big blazes
Property owners have turned to metal roofs for years for their longevity and easy maintenance, and even as protection against fires.
PLUS: The Penobscot McCrum fire has raised concerns that anhydrous ammonia and the sulfuric acid used in the company’s wastewater treatment plant are contaminating nearby water bodies and Belfast’s air.
It may cost $650K to overhaul Somerset County’s outdated dispatch system
Somerset County has relied on its current dispatch system for nearly two decades.
Giant cutout of popular trail groomer raises thousands of dollars for northern Maine snowmobile club
Snowmobilers should be on the lookout for a giant cutout of a shirtless Eric Robbins giving an enthusiastic thumbs up along Aroostook trails.
This Bangor bridge still crosses the Kenduskeag, despite fires, floods and urban renewal
Walking across the Kenduskeag Stream footbridge in downtown Bangor is a pretty ordinary thing, whether it’s during the high waters of the spring season, or during the cracking, creaking ice of winter.
$1 million funding will help Maine university system acquire a mobile nursing vehicle
The University of Maine System’s 1,822 nursing students will have an easier time completing their clinical hours with a new simulation classroom on wheels.
One of Maine’s top female basketball players wants to hear how the sport changed women’s lives
Emily Ellis remembers being in third grade, sitting on the sidelines, sipping a soda and watching her boy classmates play recreation league basketball.
In other Maine news…
Trio brings taste of Southern barbecue to Houlton
Sanford man accused of trafficking 2 pounds of fentanyl
Police: Sexual assault on Sanford trails didn’t occur as reported
Waterville man and 2 teens planned to carry out ISIS-inspired mosque attack in Chicago, FBI says
Arrest made in connection with Bangor YMCA burglary
Man accused of stealing firearm from Bangor pawn shop
Levant man allegedly used pandemic relief funds on bail in Florida and a telescope
Maine State Prison inmate dies
Water park says it will revive Saco drive-in theater
Maine regulators propose tougher standards for electric utilities
Former Old Town star pitcher transfers to play softball at Husson
Central Maine college-hospital partnership paving the way for higher-paying professional jobs
Maine man who injured officer during 2019 shootout sentenced to 30 years in prison