QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Researcher and author Larry Glatz, who recently identified five unknown soldiers buried in Maine for more than 200 years.
TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES
Bangor wants to spend $2.4M on a new public safety training building. The building would be built near an existing center where firefighters practice extinguishing structure fires.
The Ellsworth Police Department’s new brass is looking to expand mental health outreach. The focus on new hires and programs is a welcome change for the department, which saw its former chief fired in March on suspicion of working while inebriated.
Here’s what we know about the toxic foam spill in Brunswick. The malfunction last week at the airport released 1,450 gallons of PFAS laden firefighting foam into a hangar and the surrounding environment.
Five unknown soldiers buried in Maine for more than 200 years have finally been identified. The revelation comes thanks to Larry Glatz’s years of self-directed research, and his habit of reading every historical document in full.
MAINE IN PICTURES
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Paul LePage to host fundraiser for Angus King’s Republican opponent
- Maine’s public defense commission seeks another $64M to fund new offices and boost lawyer pay
- UMaine’s $45 million renovation of Alfond Arena is on schedule
- Someone allegedly broke into a Bangor food truck and only stole chips
- Jury finds Holden man guilty of driving drunk and striking pedestrian
- Dexter-area schools to reopen after closing for ‘specified threat’
- Growing auto parts business to open regional hub in Presque Isle
- Bar Harbor voters will have say on alternative cruise ship limits
- MDI workers help woman find engagement ring in 2 tons of trash
- Midcoast cabinetmaker finds growing demand in Maine and beyond
- Wardens offer $1K reward for whomever cast an illegal net in premier Maine trout river
- Maine mobile home park residents say New York company keeps raising the rent
- Man allegedly crashed stolen utility truck and brought down power lines and utility pole
- Maine’s warming lakes incubate damaging invasive plants
- Judge denies guilty plea by man accused of killing Damon’s co-worker
- Damaged Maine covered bridge won’t be repaired until spring
- Someone turned in a live cannonball to Maine police station
- Maine-NH interstate bridge closed due to ‘police incident’
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“An amendment to our Constitution can shift the needle in ways that changing a law simply can’t. It could clarify that all Mainers who are harmed by identity-based discrimination are equally protected and valued under the law.”
Opinion: It’s time for Maine to enact an equal rights amendment
LIFE IN MAINE
Hunters are hitting the Maine woods for bear season. By late Wednesday afternoon, Gateway Trading Post in Ashland had registered 26 animals.
“I wasn’t excited about trying to find space for more cultch in our small house with a growing family, but when I opened the lid, I couldn’t help but smile.” BDN Outdoors contributor Chris Sargent finds a surprise among childhood junk that rekindled his hunting spark.
Fancy chicken coops? Mainers are spending thousands on hen houses.