“We have this idea that we’re very different from people back then, but maybe not.”
– Lee Hoagland, a historic preservation contractor, on his discovery of notes written by schoolchildren in the 1870s during renovation of the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campusQUOTE OF THE DAY
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
A Democratic prosecutor is trying to unseat Maine’s attorney general. The matchup will result in interesting decisions for Democratic lawmakers when they return to Augusta next month.
In these parts of Maine, almost nobody can afford a home. Houses are most expensive in the southernmost Cumberland and York counties. But affordability is worst in two midcoast counties.
The Bangor airport is having a record-setting year. The recent addition of Breeze Airways offering flights from Bangor to Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers could keep the airport’s number high.
The Jackson Laboratory is planning a $24 million expansion in Bar Harbor. The project marks another stage of growth for the biomedical research institution, which is one of eastern Maine’s largest employers.
Hampden needs to raise $20 million for its new community center. The center would consolidate local community organizations, including the Kiwanis Club, the garden club, Boy Scouts and pottery classes, into one building.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Police identify victim in fatal Lincoln shooting
- Man arrested after Bangor shooting and police chase
- Aroostook native gives 3 students a second chance at diploma
- Downtown Belfast cafe closing next month
- Matt Gaetz reportedly saw Susan Collins as an obstacle to his appointment
- Maine lawmaker facing domestic violence charge keeps seat by 1 vote after recount
- Acton man dies after being seriously injured fighting outdoor fire
- How Trump’s plans for education could affect Maine schools
- Arrest made in Bangor firearms burglaries
- State police release new photos of missing Aroostook 14-year-old
- Maine man pleads guilty to tampering with emissions monitoring software on company trucks
- Waiting list opens for Maine’s new eviction prevention pilot program, given high demand
- Milo man sentenced to 18 years after firing pistol at father-in-law
- Historic Jameson Tavern in Freeport to close its doors Saturday
- UMaine production brings to life the perils of parenting in absurdist ‘Birth and After Birth’
MAINE IN PICTURES
Still-readable conjugation exercises are part of a recently unearthed cache of 19th century ephemera found on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus. The treasure trove of personal papers provides a glimpse into the private lives of post-Civil War Maine teenagers. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“No follow-up legislation in Augusta. No second referendum. No more of the public’s business spent on flag designs.”
Editorial: No more legislative pining for the pine tree flag
LIFE IN MAINE
A collection of 150-year-old children’s notes was recently discovered. The hasty, pencil-scrawled missives hint at familiar school-age concerns of unrequited love, avoiding the teacher’s attention and who was hanging out with whom after class.
You can grow greens in the dark. “Soil sprouting” involves laying seeds on a pan of soil in a dark place, where they will stretch in search of sunlight.
Here are some things you may not know about wild turkeys. For starters, wild turkey was probably on the banquet table at that first Thanksgiving in 1621, but it wasn’t the only meat.
What happens when 2 hunters shoot the same deer? Despite having a law to address these situations, they’re not resolved easily when both hunters stake a claim to the animal.