QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Tammy Lacher Scully on the search for her missing son Graham Lacher, who has been missing since he fled from Bangor’s Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center on June 6, 2022.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
The family of a man who went missing in Bangor two years ago hasn’t stopped searching for him. Tammy Lacher Scully has spent thousands of dollars and traveled hundreds of miles throughout New England and Canada spreading word of her son Graham Lacher’s disappearance.
Donald Trump figures heavily in the closing arguments in Maine’s 2nd District GOP primary. Republican voters on Tuesday will pick either Mike Soboleski or Austin Theriault to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in November.
A 102-year-old Maine veteran who just missed D-Day is still telling war stories 80 years later. Known affectionately as the Maine Military Museum’s “living artifact,” James Mardin holds court there almost every Saturday afternoon.
A New York investor has bought a Brooksville marina at the center of years of legal disputes with the town. The sale ends a conflict dating to August 2020, when a yacht tied up at the marina without permission was dragged into another boat.
MAINE IN PICTURES
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Maine’s lakes contribute $14.1 billion to economy, study finds
- Susan Collins sides with Democrats as GOP blocks contraception access bill
- Maine conservative activist Shawn McBreairty dead at 53
- Meet the 4 candidates running for Hermon School Committee
- 3 running for 2 seats on Hermon Town Council
- Task force on how Aroostook spends opioid settlement money to meet June 11
- Aroostook town beefs up volunteer fire department, avoids paying subsidy
- Monson promotes 2-time interim town manager to permanent position
- Indian Township man arrested for gross sexual assault
- Man arrested in death of toddler in Thomaston
- 3 Rockland boards oppose eliminating minimum lot size requirements
- Driver dead after crashing into Maine home
- Windham man who allegedly shared images of infant sexual abuse pleads guilty
- Lady Gaga spotted in Maine over the weekend
- Flamingo makes rare appearance in New England
- Hampden softball edges Messalonskee in A North quarterfinal 1-0
- Brewer shocks Hampden in Class A North baseball quarterfinal
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Only one of those candidates was willing to talk with and answer questions from the BDN editorial board. That earns respect in our book.”
Editorial: Consider Mike Soboleski in 2nd District Republican primary
LIFE IN MAINE
Wabanaki writer and Levant resident Morgan Talty’s new book, “Fire Exit,” is a worthy follow up to his nationally acclaimed debut “Night of the Living Rez,” the BDN’s Emily Burnham writes.
Golfers will tee off in the 10th annual Downeast Metro tourney this weekend. Showers are in the forecast, so the pros are hoping the weather won’t be a factor.
True North Theatre’s production of the dark fairy tale “Once Upon a Bride There Was a Forest” can’t make up its mind what it wants to be, Judy Harrison writes.