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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It looks like it just takes a few clicks with the mouse and a report can be generated.”
— Craig Harriman, a Houlton resident who has been trying since February to get access to the audit logs from the town’s video surveillance system to determine if town officials ever used features of the system, including facial recognition, biometric recognition and algorithms, that analyze behavior.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
An immigrant was wrongly held for 65 days on a tip from a “concerned” Mainer. Border agents in Calais arrested the Venezuelan man who was allowed to be in the U.S., prompting a strongly worded decision from a federal judge this week.
One of the hikers found dead near the summit of Katahdin died of blunt force injuries. Baxter State Park officials on Thursday said they believe Esther Keiderling may have fallen onto rocks near the snowy summit.
Control of $2.5 million in public money is the latest dispute at the shuttered Orrington trash plant. The former owners of the trash incinerator want a third party to manage the fees municipalities pay until a lawsuit between past and present owners is settled.
An Orono bridge closure surprised commuters with long delays. The town scrambled to notify residents after finding out about the construction just five days before it was to start.
A Houlton man is back to court seeking records from the town’s surveillance camera. Craig Harriman has been trying since February to find out if the town used facial recognition, biometric recognition or algorithms that analyze behavior.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- The little-known Democrat challenging Susan Collins raises $1M in 7 weeks
- Maine House passes internet gambling plan for tribes that Janet Mills may veto
- EPA restores $1.4M UMaine PFAS grant
- A Bangor Freshies is closed for ‘major renovations’
- Bangor will be paving these streets
- This downtown Bangor street is under a parking ban Friday
- Alabama man accused of making bomb threats to Bangor airport
- Police camera filmed Glenburn man shooting a person in the abdomen, court records say
- National Guard to rename Maine training area for Passamaquoddy WWI veterans
- Maine woman teams up with deputy to catch runaway mini horse
- Dixmont woman accused of stealing rifle from home while homeowner and infant were inside
- ‘A phone call no parent wants’: 4 sent to hospital after Belfast school bus crash
- Man shoots himself in parking lot of Ellsworth mall
- Maine youth detained after Chelsea double homicide
- Maine woman arrested in her sister’s death
- Portland’s State Theatre building is for sale
- Maine man who led police on chase was allegedly coming from a hit-and-run
- Ruth White finishes in top 10 for entire country at 10,000 meter final
- Former Hampden player delivers big hit to rally Brewer softball past ex-teammates
- Keep an eye on this 17-year-old rising golf star from Newport
- Freshman twins from Glenburn have stepped up for Bangor softball
- Bucksport girls track made school history. Their head coach had to watch on FaceTime.
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“We know what ‘No Kings Day’ is about: standing up to oppose what is happening in our country and saying loud and clear that our great nation will never go back to the days of tyranny.”
Opinion: Stand up, speak out to defend our democracy from a would-be tyrant
LIFE IN MAINE
“It’s a hoot to pick through the remnants of those left behind and imagine what it was like back then,” Outdoors contributor V. Paul Reynolds writes in his ode to old North Woods fishing camps.
You can buy this geodesic dome house on Mount Desert Island for less than the area’s median home value.