'Civil disorder' bill / Damaged Bangor umbrella art / Reopened Greenville ski trails

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Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.

Maine lawmaker floats ‘civil disorder’ bill targeting neo-Nazi camp

Joe Baldacci’s bill also would ban full-face coverings for people openly carrying firearms.

More than a dozen umbrellas damaged in Bangor art installation

The damage is concentrated toward Main Street, where the installation is subjected to wind from multiple directions.

There’s likely little Bangor can do to quiet the sirens

Fire Chief Thomas Higgins ruled out several alternative routes that fire trucks and ambulances to use to bypass Main Street.

This Maine guide and former boxer became the ‘greatest outdoor cook in America’

Charley Miller rode the postwar wave of cookout popularity, becoming an in-demand presence at sporting events nationwide.

Limestone town manager changing role 2 months after being hired

Limestone has gone through 11 town managers in seven years. Now it needs to find another.

Maine woman claims deputy shot her while she was being held hostage

Lena Gerber claims she suffered permanent physical and emotional injury when the deputy’s shot went through her chest and into the man holding her hostage.

Group reopening Greenville mountain ski trails that were closed for 19 years

Clearing the trails is important to community members whose hopes for a flourishing Moosehead Lake region were crushed late last year.

Down East town poised to further delay ‘world’s largest flagpole’

The board will hold a hearing on the extension at 6:30 p.m. Monday, and then vote on whether to extend the temporary ban.

Brunswick will hold tax rate after reassessment backlash

The tax fallout stems from major changes in individual home values since the beginning of the pandemic.

Maine artist asks how kneeling can mean love, death and protest

Titi de Baccarat saw a man kneel in front of a woman proposing marriage. “In my country, this is not how it is done,” he said.

Montigo Moss is ready for his breakout season at UMaine

The wide receiver and son of Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss is the Black Bears’ top returning pass-catcher.

Maine hunter turns his homemade bear scents and traps into a business

Tyler Dodge was sitting in his treestand in 2022 overlooking a bait site when he had a bear come in behind him.

We paddled 3 miles across open ocean to hike on Islesboro

“After watching the weather for several days, I identified an early August day perfect for an open water paddle,” BDN Outdoors contributor Ron Chase writes.