Bangor homeless encampment / Dueling utility referendums / Sunday hunting lawsuit

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

Not everyone got homes after Bangor cleared homeless encampment

Newly obtained records illuminate the slow, difficult work of finding people homes who were living off Valley Avenue in the winter.

MORE: You can learn more about how the Bangor Daily News obtained the records, including meeting minutes, emails and reports, on the Bangor’s effort to clear the encampment.

If Question 3 passes, a ratepayer watchdog expects five to 10 years of legal wrangling over constitutionality and the price of utility assets.

Sunday hunting proponents say the ban denies them a day to get food, while opponents want one day a week where they don’t encounter hunters.

Firefly Field is coming to fruition after stiff opposition from neighbors and during a housing affordability crisis hammering the area.

Pua ran from his new human the day was adopted, was caught two weeks later and escaped again after just a few hours.

The artifact’s history ties together an inventor from Sangerville, an English queen, German forces and a gun called “The Devil’s Paintbrush.”

Hailing from a tiny rural town, the 16-year-old is playing basketball at a level nobody from the Maine has before.

Pete Warner says goodbye to the BDN after more than four decades.

PLUS: You can read Pete’s tips about scouting areas for hunting deer and about his grueling climb up Katahdin’s Cathedral Trail.

“I jumped up out of the woods and told him to put his hands up, and we put him in handcuffs,” Connor Haskins said.

Hunter Law focuses on painting detailed depictions of animals, many featuring landscapes or other wildlife incorporated within the same image.

With this summer’s near record rainfall and humidity, conditions were just about perfect for everything from blight to rot.

Fall in Maine is a truly unique experience, and our readers have captured some beautiful photos of the season over the years.