Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Everybody wants the town to prosper in the winter and everybody wants it to be successful, but you’ve got to be thoughtful about it.” – Marc Cannon, one of the wealthy summer residents suing Mount Desert to block a workforce housing project

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

What’s behind the property tax hikes that are driving Mainers from their homes? High property values and the accompanying municipal revaluations are partly to blame, but there are other factors.

The latest change to Bangor’s most dangerous intersection doesn’t seem to be working. The busy Stillwater Avenue crossing has already seen 48 crashes this year, causing 11 injuries, according to state data, putting it atop a list of the city’s 10 worst intersections.

This is how six wealthy summer residents halted a workforce housing project on Mount Desert Island. Proponents say the island desperately needs housing and year-round residents, but opponents argue that project is flawed and is out of character for the neighborhood.

We asked people how to say Maine’s most difficult-to-pronounce place names. Many failed, but what can you expect in a state with a combination of multiple languages, far-flung towns founded centuries ago and obstinate, idiosyncratic people?

The FBI said Sunday it was investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Donald Trump. It is the latest jarring moment in a campaign year marked by unprecedented upheaval and came roughly two months after Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.

MAINE IN PICTURES

Two boys stand in the middle of a street in a photo taken by Maine photographer Mark Rockwood on Munjoy Hill in Portland more than 50 years ago. Rockwood is, for the first time, exhibiting a series of pictures he made in the city between 1971 and 1972. Credit: Courtesy of Mark Rockwood.