QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I didn’t realize that a pile of rocks with a roof on it would be so appealing.”
— Sheldon Anderson of Realty of Maine on an emotional bidding war that recently broke out over a stone cottage near Bangor.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
A video from a bystander captured the moment when police shot a man in Dexter. The 34-year-old allegedly assaulted officers before the shooting, which left him hospitalized.
A bidding war broke out this week over a stone cottage for sale near Bangor. The home will be familiar to those who frequently drive between Bangor and Orono.
After voting to keep their dam, Dover-Foxcroft residents are asking what’s next. The implications for tax bills depend on several factors, but the town is likely facing an $8 million to $10 million project.
Bar Harbor’s raging cruise ship debate has shaped local elections. Candidates representing clear pro- and anti-cruise ship stances have tried and failed to win elective office.
MAINE IN PICTURES
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Susan Collins skips Donald Trump’s Capitol Hill meeting with Republicans
- Primaries really mattered in these 3 Maine State House races
- Maine has lost a third of its dairy farms since 2020
- Man wanted for manslaughter in Connecticut arrested in Bangor
- Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office wants to buy an armored vehicle
- Old Town names new police chief
- Portrait honors late Holden Police Chief Chris Greeley
- 2 more midcoast towns will restrict a company’s mining plans
- Sprague Energy pushes wind port plan to rival Sears Island terminal
- Woolwich crash seriously injures woman and child
- Maine shooting exposes gaps in treatment and communication, official says
- Maine CDC reports first 2024 death from tick-borne Powassan virus
- Nokomis freshman catcher played vital role in regional title run
- Maine high school baseball conferences honor top players and coaches
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
There’s a ton of stuff happening in the Bangor area this weekend, so let’s get right to it. For your entertainment pleasure, Friday night’s lineup includes Hootie and the Blowfish with Collective Soul and Edwin McCain at the Maine Savings Amphitheater; local improv group The Focus Group at the Bangor Arts Exchange; and the Penobscot Theatre Co. opens its big summer musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” On Saturday, comedian Tom Segura is at the Cross Insurance Center, and that night, there’s the first of several Bangor Night Markets of the season, set for 4 to 10 p.m. on the Bangor waterfront and featuring tons of vendors, food trucks and musicians throughout the evening.
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“It is unfortunate that an otherwise straightforward ban on the sale of firearms forfeited to law enforcement agencies became mired in the more complex, but also worthy, effort to ban bump stocks.”
Editorial: Even without law change, Maine police should destroy forfeited guns
LIFE IN MAINE
Expect Maine’s fairs to be more agricultural this year. Organizers are making a new push to draw attendees away from the carnival and back to the land.
Have questions about the 2024 moose permit lottery drawing? Start here.
You can see Atlantic puffins on five Maine islands. In fact, those are the only places in the United States where you can see them.