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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s much smaller and easier to win than a place that has 100 girls who have been competing in pageants since they were five.”

— Georgeanne Oliver, a former Miss Maine USA contestant, on the phenomenon of “state-hopping,” in which pageant contestants temporarily move to compete in less competitive states. This year’s Miss Maine USA represented Bangor but appears to have had little connection to the city.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

A Hampden care home “actively concealed” abuse, one victim’s family said in a lawsuit. It’s the second lawsuit Lee Residential Care is facing in the months after the Bangor Daily News detailed the “grotesque and pervasive” abuse two men suffered.

Miss Maine USA represented Bangor but turned out to have few visible ties to the city. Shelby Howell, who bested two high-profile contestants, may be taking part in a popular practice known as “state hopping.”

A herring boat captain built this Down East home with a million-dollar view. Nearly 60 years ago, Meg McGarvey’s husband, Bill, built this cabin perched high on a headland in Eastport.

A Down East general store has reopened after closing in 2020. Columbia Falls General, which operated from 2018 through 2020 under previous owners, reopened last week.

The Dallas Mavericks won the Cooper Flagg draft sweepstakes. Plenty of Maine basketball fans have already made clear that they would root for Flagg and his new NBA team no matter where he ended up.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE

MAINE IN PICTURES

Vvis Hearon of Lewiston picks tulips May 7 at Chipman Farm in Poland. She was the first customer of the season in one of two massive tulip fields that are open Wednesday through Sunday, depending on the weather. Credit: Russ Dillingham / Sun Journal via AP

FROM THE OPINION PAGES

The morning fog lifts beyond the Burton M. Cross Building, left, and the State House on June 21, 2023, in Augusta. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP

“Other states have shown that asking the ultrawealthy to contribute more works.”

Opinion: Why a millionaire tax makes sense for Maine

LIFE IN MAINE

Maine’s moose permit application deadline is looming. Thousands of people from Maine and across the country enter the lottery to get one of the state’s coveted permits.

One of the “true giants” of Maine basketball has died. Despite standing just 5-foot-9, Steve Pound put up repeated 50-point games at Stearns High School before the advent of the 3-point line.